# Accident 19800401008449A: Cessna 172N, Mount Adams, WA, April 1, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1980, 11:54 local time
- Place: Mount Adams, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N5169E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5169E-1982-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 212 in this make and model, 172 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800401008449A

## Narrative

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

CANCELED IFR FLIGHT PLAN. FLEW INTO SIDE OF SNOW AND CLOUDOBSCURED MOUNTAIN BELOW MINIMUM EN ROUTE ALTITUDE.

## 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 SEA80FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA022), Apr 1, 1980: Cessna 172N (N5169E), Trout Lake, WA, 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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