# Accident 19900316063409A: Cessna 172N, Bedford, VA, March 16, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1990, 19:30 local time
- Place: Bedford, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3206° N, 79.5195° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3206&lon=-79.5195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76026, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76026-1990-05-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 132 total, 29 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO90FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO90FA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900316063409A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO SIDE OF CLOUD OBSCURED RIDGE AT NIGHT VFR. WAS ADVISED BY AFS AND AIRPORT OPERATOR NOT TO GO DUE WEATHER.

## 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 BFO90FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO90FA032), Mar 17, 1990: Cessna 172N (N76026), Bedford, VA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S DECISION TO FLY INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE ABOVE THE TERRAIN. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S SELF INDUCED PRESSURE, LOW…

## Other reports on N76026 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780526040179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780526040179I), May 26, 1978: Cessna 172 (N76026), Norman, OK, Minor damage. Nose wheel dropped into ditch obscured by water. While taxiing off side of yellow line.

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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