# Accident 19730212004249A: Cessna 320E, Walla Walla, WA, February 12, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 1973
- Place: Walla Walla, WA
- Airport: Walla Walla City
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 46.0925° N, 118.2841° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WALLA WALLA RGNL (ALW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0925&lon=-118.2841&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3483Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3483Q-1973-02-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320E (registry code 2074514, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320E
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 2,748 total, 45 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA73AS023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73AS023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730212004249A

## Narrative

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

PLT NOT ADZD WX BY APCH CONTROL. WX BLO MINIMUMSHIT HILLSIDE,NO TRRN REF LITES, ABT 2MI E OF ARPT.

## 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 SEA73AS023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73AS023), Feb 12, 1973: Cessna 320E (N3483Q), Walla Walla, WA, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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