# Accident 19920522025659A: Cessna 172B, Eatonville, WA, May 22, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1992, 00:01 local time
- Place: Eatonville, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8605° N, 122.2508° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8605&lon=-122.2508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7579X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7579X-1992-08-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA92FA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92FA114) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920522025659A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO SIDE OF A HILL AT CRUISE SPEED PILOT 84YRS OLD HAD SUFFERED STROKE AND HAD HEART SURGERY. NO MEDICAL.

## 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 SEA92FA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92FA114), May 22, 1992: Cessna 172B (N7579X), Eatonville, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: UNDETERMINED.

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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