# Accident 19760604015479A: Cessna 172B, Curlew, WA, June 4, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1976
- Place: Curlew, WA
- Airport: Johnson Airstrip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 48.9751° N, 117.5924° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Johnson Airport, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.9751&lon=-117.5924&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6916X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6916X-1976-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 504 total, 40 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76AS054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76AS054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760604015479A

## Narrative

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

THUNDERSTORM IN VICINITY,GUSTING WINDS,TURBULENT AIR.STALL FM LOW-ALT DEPARTURE TURN TO THE LEFT.

## 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 SEA76AS054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76AS054), Jun 4, 1976: Cessna 172B (N6916X), Curlew, WA, 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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