# Accident 19920524043069A: Cessna 172L, Colburn, ID, May 24, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1992, 16:00 local time
- Place: Colburn, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.3971° N, 116.5352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colburn, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.3971&lon=-116.5352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3988Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3988Q-2012-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 91 total, 16 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA92FA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92FA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920524043069A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO BOX CANYON AT LOW ALTITUDE. UNABLE TO CLEAR RISING TERRAIN. TRIED TO TURN AROUND AND STRUCK 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 SEA92FA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92FA109), May 24, 1992: Cessna 172L (N3988Q), Colburn, ID, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED, FAILED TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO REVERSE COURSE IN A BOX CANYON, AND THE AIRCRAFT STALLED. FACTORS RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE NARROW BOX…

## Other reports on N3988Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19781216025349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781216025349I), Dec 16, 1978: Cessna 172 (N3988Q), Hornick, IA, Minor damage. Pilot mistook a freshly graded drainage system for an airport runway. Nose wheel struck a ridge, collapsed.

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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