# Accident 19751221040859A: Cessna R172E, Klamath Falls, OR, December 21, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1975
- Place: Klamath Falls, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 42.2158° N, 121.7758° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Klamath Falls, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2158&lon=-121.7758&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12987, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12987-1976-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172E (registry code 2072413, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 69 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76AS031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76AS031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751221040859A

## Narrative

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

UN MAINTAIN FLT. HIT MTN SLOPE. ACFT NOT EQUIPPED WITH ANTI-ICING,DE-ICING SYS.

## 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 SEA76AS031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76AS031), Dec 21, 1975: Cessna R172 (N12987), Klamath Falls, OR, 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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