# Accident 19940903025099A: Cessna 172, Jackpot, NV, September 3, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1994, 02:00 local time
- Place: Jackpot, NV
- Airport: Jackpot Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8799° N, 114.7797° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8799&lon=-114.7797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21704, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21704-1997-03-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 306 total, 75 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX94LA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA349) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940903025099A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT DEPARTED AT DARK WITH NO GROUND REFERENCE LIGHTS. CRASHED TWO MILES FROM AIRPORT. SPATIAL DISORIENTATION.

## 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 LAX94LA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA349), Sep 3, 1994: Cessna 172M (N21704), Jackpot, NV, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control due to spatial disorientation during a moonless night departure over an area without ground reference lights. A factor in the accident was the pilot's…

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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