# Accident 19791104036689A: Cessna 172N, Shadigee, NY, November 4, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 1979, 13:44 local time
- Place: Shadigee, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3751° N, 78.3889° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shadigee, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3751&lon=-78.3889&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737TH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N737TH-1982-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FAMS2](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FAMS2) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791104036689A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS OBSERVED FLYING LOW OVER FREIGHTER ON LAKE ONTARIO. PILOT REPORTED ENGINE QUIT. DITCHED IN LAKE.

## 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 NYC80FAMS2](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FAMS2), Nov 4, 1979: Cessna 172 (N737TH), Shadigee, NY, destroyed, 3 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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