# Accident 19930524015119A: Cessna 172N, Page, AZ, May 24, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1993, 15:20 local time
- Place: Page, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6796° N, 111.4110° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6796&lon=-111.4110&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734DB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N734DB-1995-12-27) (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: 450 total, 200 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX93LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA225) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930524015119A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED LEVEL FLIGHT 200 FEET BELOW EDGE OF MESA. NO ANOMALIES. TURBULENCE IN AREA. LEFT NOTES IN CASE OF TROUBLE.

## 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 LAX93LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA225), May 24, 1993: Cessna 172N (N734DB), Page, AZ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's selection of an inadequate cruise altitude. A factor in the accident was the high winds and turbulence in the vicinity of the cliffs.

## Other reports on N734DB (1)

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

- [Incident 19920311010689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920311010689I), Mar 11, 1992: Cessna 172N (N734DB), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Student stated a gust lifted left wing on landing. As he tried to recover the nose came down and prop hit runway.

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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