# Accident 19830926051749A: Cessna 172E, Leesville, LA, September 26, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1983, 23:00 local time
- Place: Leesville, LA
- Airport: Leesville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.1682° N, 93.3425° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEESVILLE (L39), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1682&lon=-93.3425&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3058U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3058U-2014-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Reported engine: CONT O300C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 192 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW83FA441](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83FA441) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830926051749A

## Narrative

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

STALLED AND CRASHED AFTER BRUSHING TREETOPS ON NIGHT TAKEOFF. PILOT AND PASSENGERS HAD CONSUMED ALCOHOL SAME NIGHT

## 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 FTW83FA441](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83FA441), Sep 27, 1983: Cessna 172E (N3058U), Leesville, LA, 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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