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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Minden, NV · April 20, 1990

Date
April 20, 1990 · 13:00 local
Place
Minden, NV
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1065F
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA90LA069
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320H2AD
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
101 total85 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.

Flew into box canyon on a sightseeing flight. Unable to turn or climb, crashed into trees.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO BOX CANYON ON A SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT. UNABLE TO TURN OR CLIMB, CRASHED INTO 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.