# Accident 19731221041769A: Cessna 172I, Callahan, CA, December 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1973
- Place: Callahan, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 41.3096° N, 122.8014° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Callahan, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3096&lon=-122.8014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35578, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35578-1975-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172I (registry code 2072426, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172I
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74AP026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731221041769A

## Narrative

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

MTN PEAKS OBSCURED. MOD-SVR TURBC RPTD.FLEW INTO MTN AT 6200FT.RCVRD 7/7/74.PLT TIME TO 8/25/72.

## 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 OAK74AP026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP026), Dec 21, 1973: Cessna 172I (N35578), Callahan, 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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