# Accident 19730925032189A: Cessna 172D, Weaverville, CA, September 25, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1973
- Place: Weaverville, CA
- Airport: Weaverville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 40.7407° N, 122.9290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Weaverville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7407&lon=-122.9290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7858U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7858U-1973-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 374 total, 226 in this make and model, 137 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74AP012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730925032189A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 OAK74AP012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP012), Sep 25, 1973: Cessna 172F (N7858U), Weaverville, CA, 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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