# Accident 19811024069309A: Cessna 172N, Foresthill, CA, October 24, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1981, 14:10 local time
- Place: Foresthill, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0053° N, 120.8314° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Foresthill, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0053&lon=-120.8314&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6307D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6307D-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 1 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811024069309A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS FLYING LOW IN MOUNTAINOUS AREA ATTEMPTING TO SPOT GAME. AIRCRAFT COULD NOT OUTCLIMB TERRAIN, CRASHED.

## 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 LAX82FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA007), Oct 24, 1981: Cessna 172N (N6307D), Foresthill, CA, 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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