# Accident 19730728022109A: Cessna 177, Prospect, OR, July 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1973
- Place: Prospect, OR
- Airport: Prospect State
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 42.7426° N, 122.4889° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PROSPECT STATE (64S), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7426&lon=-122.4889&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29472, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29472-1974-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 94 total, 61 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74AS005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730728022109A

## Narrative

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

R WG STRUCK TREE 40 FT AGL. PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.166 PCT.

## 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 SEA74AS005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS005), Jul 28, 1973: Cessna 177 (N29472), Prospect, 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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