# Accident 19810904055979A: Cessna 172K, Philomath, GA, September 4, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1981, 19:00 local time
- Place: Philomath, GA
- Airport: Athens Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7273° N, 82.9913° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Philomath, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7273&lon=-82.9913&mi=10
- Aircraft: N758EQ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N758EQ-1986-08-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: CONT IO360K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 89 total, 89 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810904055979A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO AREA OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE AFTER CALLING AIRPORT. CRASHED IN WOODED AREA.

## 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 ATL81FA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA112), Sep 4, 1981: Cessna 172K (N758EQ), Philomath, GA, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.