19891106044669A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Safford, AZ · November 6, 1989

Date
November 6, 1989 · 16:00 local
Place
Safford, AZ
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5624A
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX90FA025
Reported as
Cessna 172
Reported engine
Continental O300B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
235 total40 in this make and model102 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.

Wreckage indicates a stall into trees on mountainside. Was searching for deer. Density altitude a factor.

As the FAA filed it

WRECKAGE INDICATES A STALL INTO TREES ON MOUNTAINSIDE. WAS SEARCHING FOR DEER. DENSITY ALTITUDE A FACTOR.

NTSB investigation

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