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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Intl Falls, MN · September 16, 1979

Date
September 16, 1979 · 14:35 local
Place
Intl Falls, MN
Airport
Jackfish Bay
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N736QH
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC79FA055
Reported as
Cessna 172
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
256 total79 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Made rough-water crosswind takeoff. Stalled aircraft into trees in downwind turn. Fact; severe turbulence.

As the FAA filed it

MADE ROUGH-WATER CROSSWIND TAKEOFF. STALLED AIRCRAFT INTO TREES IN DOWNWIND TURN. FACT; SEVERE TURBULENCE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.