# Accident 19800626021619A: Cessna R172K, Mullan, ID, June 26, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1980, 11:45 local time
- Place: Mullan, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4688° N, 115.7964° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mullan, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4688&lon=-115.7964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N758KG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N758KG-1983-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 96 total, 17 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80DYP25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYP25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800626021619A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO PREDICTED DENSE FOG IN MOUNTAIN PASS. STRUCK TREES ON RIDGE TRYING TO REVERSE COURSE.

## 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 SEA80DYP25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYP25), Jun 26, 1980: Cessna R172K (N758KG), Mullen, ID, 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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