19791122041469A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172RG · Lassen Peak, CA · November 22, 1979

Date
November 22, 1979 · 13:10 local
Place
Lassen Peak, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4760R
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80FA019
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
118 total11 in this make and model70 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.

VFR pilot proceeded into mountainous area with tops obscurred. Rain and icing. Impacted side of mountain.

As the FAA filed it

VFR PILOT PROCEEDED INTO MOUNTAINOUS AREA WITH TOPS OBSCURRED. RAIN AND ICING. IMPACTED SIDE OF MOUNTAIN.

NTSB investigation

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