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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172D · Greenwich, CT · September 20, 1979

Date
September 20, 1979 · 11:32 local
Place
Greenwich, CT
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2331U
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC79FA104
Reported as
Cessna 172D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,350 total0 in this make and model0 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.

Stalled airplane on photographic flight. Aircraft was observed low & slow over trees before crash.

As the FAA filed it

STALLED AIRPLANE ON PHOTOGRAPHIC FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED LOW & SLOW OVER TREES BEFORE CRASH.

NTSB investigation

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