# Accident 19791007036769A: Cessna 170B, Schurz, NV, October 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 1979, 11:15 local time
- Place: Schurz, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9794° N, 118.8334° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Schurz, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9794&lon=-118.8334&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8321A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8321A-2013-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 326 total, 145 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791007036769A

## Narrative

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

ACFT IMPACTED GROUND IN NEAR VERTICAL ATTITUDE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. ALCOHOL IN PILOT'S SYSTEM.

## 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 LAX80FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA001), Oct 7, 1979: Cessna 170B (N8321A), Schurz, NV, destroyed, 2 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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