# Accident 19730916030939A: Cessna 172D, Chiloquin, OR, September 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1973
- Place: Chiloquin, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 42.5764° N, 121.8678° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chiloquin, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5764&lon=-121.8678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2855Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2855Q-1973-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 103 total, 8 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74AS016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730916030939A

## Narrative

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

FLAPS 30 DEG.DNSTY ALT 6700 FT.DROPPED NOTE TO PERS ON GRND.PLT MEDICAL LMTD TO STDNT FLYING ONLY.

## 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 SEA74AS016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS016), Sep 16, 1973: Cessna 172L (N2855Q), Chiloquin, OR, destroyed, 3 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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