# Accident 19811126076769A: Cessna 172M, Payette, ID, November 26, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1981, 18:21 local time
- Place: Payette, ID
- Airport: Weiser Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2047° N, 116.9605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WEISER MUNI (S87), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2047&lon=-116.9605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9710H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 71 total, 13 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA82FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82FA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811126076769A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT PROCEEDED INTO MOUNTAIN AREA IN DARK NIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS AND LOW CEILING. FLEW INTO SIDE OF A HILL

## 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 SEA82FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82FA006), Nov 26, 1981: Cessna 172M (N9710H), Payette, OR, destroyed, 5 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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