# Accident 19730724028579A: Cessna 175C, Pacific City, OR, July 24, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1973
- Place: Pacific City, OR
- Airport: Pacific City
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 45.2049° N, 123.9545° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pacific City, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2049&lon=-123.9545&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8318T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8318T-1974-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175C (registry code 2072508, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74AS004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730724028579A

## Narrative

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

SPARSE LTG IN AREA. ACFT PARTS,PLT & PAX BODIES FOUND ON BEACH 7/25/73.PLTS TIME AS OF 2/21/72.

## 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 SEA74AS004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS004), Jul 24, 1973: Cessna 175C (N8318T), Pacific City, OR, destroyed, 2 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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