19851123057959A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172L · Sunizona, AZ · November 23, 1985

Date
November 23, 1985 · 10:07 local
Place
Sunizona, AZ
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7130Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX86LA045
Reported as
Cessna 172L
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2H
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
164 total150 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Entered a canyon looking for deer. Aircraft could not outclimb canyons rising floor. Stalled into trees and burned.

As the FAA filed it

ENTERED A CANYON LOOKING FOR DEER. AIRCRAFT COULD NOT OUTCLIMB CANYONS RISING FLOOR. STALLED INTO TREES AND BURNED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.