# Accident 19791214035509A: Cessna R172K, Montrose, CO, December 14, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1979, 16:45 local time
- Place: Montrose, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4688° N, 107.8590° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montrose, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4688&lon=-107.8590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N736LR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N736LR-2013-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,150 total, 4 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FTE14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTE14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791214035509A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB RISING TERRAIN IN CANYON. HIT TREES. PILOT REPORTED DOWNDRAFT. NO WIND.

## 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 DEN80FTE14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTE14), Dec 14, 1979: Cessna R172K (N736LR), Montrose, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N736LR (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19791212047259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791212047259I), Dec 12, 1979: Cessna R172K (N736LR), Montrose, CO. Aircraft would not climb after takeoff due to excessive leaning which pilot failed to note. Landed safely in field.

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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