# Accident 19740715032759A: Cessna 170B, Willits, CA, July 15, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1974
- Place: Willits, CA
- Airport: Willits Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 39.4138° N, 123.3432° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Willits Airport (1957), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4138&lon=-123.3432&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4344B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4344B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 560 total, 470 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK75DVD09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75DVD09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740715032759A

## Narrative

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

OBS STATED X-WIND 5 TO 8K.

## 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 OAK75DVD09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75DVD09), Jul 15, 1974: Cessna 170B (N4344B), Willits, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4344B (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20210108001659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210108001659A), Jan 8, 2021: Cessna 170B (N4344B), Palouse, WA, Substantial damage. Student pilot with instructor on landing bounced at flair that produced a left turn off runway. Aircraft landed in muddy field and flipped upside down.

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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