# Accident 19900420010439A: Cessna 172N, Minden, NV, April 20, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1990, 13:00 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0097° N, 119.7507° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0097&lon=-119.7507&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1065F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1065F-2012-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 101 total, 85 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA90LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90LA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900420010439A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 SEA90LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90LA069), Apr 20, 1990: Cessna 172N (N1065F), Minden, NV, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S POOR INFLIGHT PLANNING AND DECISION.

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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