19890219002319A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna STC172 · Blue Mountain, MS · February 19, 1989

Date
February 19, 1989 · 19:15 local
Place
Blue Mountain, MS
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3937F
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA89FA090
Reported as
Cessna STC172
Reported engine
Continental O300A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
163 total136 in this make and model2 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.

Lost control and crashed in wooded area. Tried to follow highway in low clouds rain and fog. Gryo horizon was caged

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED IN WOODED AREA. TRIED TO FOLLOW HIGHWAY IN LOW CLOUDS RAIN AND FOG. GRYO HORIZON WAS CAGED

NTSB investigation

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