# Accident 19740428011339A: Cessna 172D, Gold Beach, OR, April 28, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1974
- Place: Gold Beach, OR
- Airport: Gold Beach
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 42.4154° N, 124.4249° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GOLD BEACH MUNI (4S1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4154&lon=-124.4249&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79141, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79141-1974-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 426 total, 298 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74AS039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740428011339A

## Narrative

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

RISING TERRAIN.GUSTS TO 35K.EXCEEDED ALLOWABLE TKOF WT.

## 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 SEA74AS039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS039), Apr 28, 1974: Cessna 172K (N79141), Gold Beach, OR, destroyed, 4 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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