# Accident 19801221089929A: Cessna 172M, Sierraville, CA, December 21, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1980, 12:13 local time
- Place: Sierraville, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5822° N, 120.3621° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sierraville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5822&lon=-120.3621&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1330U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1330U-1983-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 948 total, 365 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801221089929A

## Narrative

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

IFR CLIMB TO CRUISE, ENCOUNTERED ICING, SEVERE DOWNDRAFTS. LOST ALTITUDE, HIT TREE ON MOUNTAINSIDE.

## 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 LAX81FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA025), Dec 21, 1980: Cessna 172M (N1330U), Sierraville, CA, destroyed, 1 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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