# Accident 19930904033089A: Cessna 172P, Pembroke, VA, September 4, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1993, 12:40 local time
- Place: Pembroke, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3206° N, 80.6299° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3206&lon=-80.6299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50927, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50927-1993-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 30 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO93LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA156) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930904033089A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB RISING TERRAIN AT LOW ALTITUDE. TURNED AWAY TO REVERSE COURSE. LEFT WING STRUCK TREES. CRASHED.

## 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 BFO93LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA156), Sep 4, 1993: Cessna 172P (N50927), Pembroke, VA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE WHILE MANUEVERING IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.

## Other reports on N50927 (1)

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

- [Incident 19851108066679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851108066679I), Nov 8, 1985: Cessna 172P (N50927), Norfolk, VA. Cleared to taxi to runway by ATC. Aircraft continued onto runway and took off. Passed behind 727 at intersection.

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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