19890711024869A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172H · Hatton, ND · July 11, 1989

Date
July 11, 1989 · 20:30 local
Place
Hatton, ND
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3269L
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN89LA168
Reported as
Cessna 172H
Reported engine
Continental O300D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
329 total329 in this make and model5 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.

Encountered downdraft descending over trees to look at a field. Damage indicates stall mush after clearing trees.

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT DESCENDING OVER TREES TO LOOK AT A FIELD. DAMAGE INDICATES STALL MUSH AFTER CLEARING TREES.

NTSB investigation

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