# Accident 19910224003359A: Cessna 172N, Western, NE, February 24, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 1991, 20:40 local time
- Place: Western, NE
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9993° N, 97.7591° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9993&lon=-97.7591&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738LL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N738LL-1991-03-29) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 204 total, 98 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI91DCJ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91DCJ01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910224003359A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO AREA HEAVY SNOW AT NIGHT. LOST CONTROL. IMPACTED NEAR VERTICAL. WAS ADVISED POSSIBLE SNOW SHOWERS.

## 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 CHI91DCJ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91DCJ01), Feb 25, 1991: Cessna 172N (N738LL), Western, NE, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: SPATIAL DISORIENTATION WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC.

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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