# Accident 19890219002319A: Cessna STC172, Blue Mountain, MS, February 19, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 1989, 19:15 local time
- Place: Blue Mountain, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6705° N, 89.0210° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6705&lon=-89.0210&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3937F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3937F-2014-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA STC172
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 163 total, 136 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA89FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890219002319A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 MIA89FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA090), Feb 20, 1989: Cessna 172 (N3937F), Blue Mountain, MS, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE CONTINUATION OF A VFR FLIGHT INTO NIGHT, INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND THE SPATIAL DISORIENTATION OF THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE ADVERSE…

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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