# Accident 19750310004979A: Cessna 170B, Wrightwood, CA, March 10, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1975
- Place: Wrightwood, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 34.3437° N, 117.6309° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wrightwood, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3437&lon=-117.6309&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2598D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,800 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX75FVG36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75FVG36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750310004979A

## Narrative

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

HIT ELEC TWR ABT 60FT AGL.

## 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 LAX75FVG36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75FVG36), Mar 10, 1975: Cessna 170B (N2598D), Wrightwood, CA, destroyed

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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