# Accident 19730830031479A: Cessna 172D, Packwood, WA, August 30, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1973
- Place: Packwood, WA
- Airport: Packwood Emergncy
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 46.6085° N, 121.6703° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Packwood, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6085&lon=-121.6703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3843Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3843Q-1982-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 14 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74AS013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730830031479A

## Narrative

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

VFR FLT NOT RECOMMENDED.HIT MOUNTAIN.RECOVERY DATE 9/7/73.

## 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 SEA74AS013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS013), Aug 30, 1973: Cessna 172 (N3843Q), Packwood, WA, 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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