# Accident 19800420010619A: Cessna 172N, Three Rivers, CA, April 20, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1980, 17:13 local time
- Place: Three Rivers, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4388° N, 118.9045° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Three Rivers, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4388&lon=-118.9045&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737ZS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N737ZS-1983-04-05) (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: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 104 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FVA33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVA33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800420010619A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MISJUDGED FUEL. RAN OUT OVER MOUNTAINOUS AREA. CRASHED INTO TREES.

## 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 LAX80FVA33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVA33), Apr 20, 1980: Cessna 172N (N737ZS), Three Rivers, CA, destroyed

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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