# Accident 19790930040919A: Cessna 170B, Horsebranch, KY, September 30, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1979, 18:17 local time
- Place: Horsebranch, KY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4559° N, 86.6767° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Horse Branch, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4559&lon=-86.6767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3423C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790930040919A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WITNESS SAW AIRPLANE HIT WIRES WHILE FLYING EAST OVER HIGHWAY. ACCIDENT SIGHT SW OF & BEYOND DESTINATION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD79FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA093), Sep 30, 1979: Cessna 170 (N3423C), Horsebranch, KY, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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