# Accident 19731027036879A: Cessna 175, Wister, OK, October 27, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1973
- Place: Wister, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 34.9697° N, 94.7206° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wister, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9697&lon=-94.7206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7685M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7685M-1974-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175 (registry code 2072502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 353 total, 88 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74AF025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF025-201610) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731027036879A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO OBSCURED MTN SLOPE. RECOVERED 10/28/73.PLT ADVSD VFR FLT NOT RECOMMENDED BY FSS.

## 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 FTW74AF025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF025-201610), Oct 27, 1973: Cessna 175 (N7685M), Wister, OK, 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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