# Accident 19820320004539A: Cessna 172N, Greenfield, TN, March 20, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1982, 15:40 local time
- Place: Greenfield, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1651° N, 88.8073° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenfield, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1651&lon=-88.8073&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737QS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N737QS-1985-04-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 680 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL82FLT03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FLT03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820320004539A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS BUZZING WHEN AIRCRAFT HIT TREES AND 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 ATL82FLT03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FLT03), Mar 20, 1982: Cessna 172N (N737QS), Greenfield, TN, 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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