Cessna 172K N79965
27 December 1981 · Laguna Beach, California, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 27 December 1981 at about 20:27 local time, a Cessna 172K registered N79965 was involved in an accident during in flight near Laguna Beach, California, United States. 4 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:27
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Laguna Beach, California, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172K
- Registration
- N79965
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- San Diego, Ca → Long Beach, Ca
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-3274
People
1 person had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
MIXTURE CONTROL WIRE FAILED FM CONSTANT BENDING, CLAMP BOLT WOULD NOT ROTATE
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Mar 1981 | Cessna 172 | Payson, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 Apr 1981 | Cessna 172 | Cullison, Kansas, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 13 Mar 1981 | Cessna 172N | Big Bear, California, United States | Security AVN | Serious injuries | - |
| 4 Oct 1981 | Cessna 172 | North Reading, Massachusetts, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 10 Jan 1981 | Cessna 172E | Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States | Knox Aero Klub | No injuries | - |
| 13 Jan 1981 | Cessna 172 | Dothan, Alabama, United States | R.e.foy | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jan 1981 | Cessna 150 | Ellenville, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Jan 1981 | Aerospatial AS-350 | Garden City, New York, United States | Island Helicop | Minor injuries | - |
| 21 Jan 1981 | Cessna 500 | Bluefield, West Virginia, United States | Georgia-Pacifi | Fatal | 5 |
| 16 Jun 1981 | Bell 212 | Angleton, Texas, United States | Houston Helico | Minor injuries | - |
| 22 Jul 1981 | Cessna 170B | Red Oak, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 May 1981 | Beechcraft J35 | Burbank, California, United States | - | Fatal | 4 |