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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172F · Vernon, AL · June 17, 1989

Date
June 17, 1989 · 17:30 local
Place
Vernon, AL
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7939U
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL89FA163
Reported as
Cessna 172F
Reported engine
Continental O300D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1

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.

Engine lost power,struck tree tips edge of open field. Crashed inverted. Spark plug core broken.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER,STRUCK TREE TIPS EDGE OF OPEN FIELD. CRASHED INVERTED. SPARK PLUG CORE BROKEN.

NTSB investigation

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