# Accident 20040516035691A: Cessna 170B, Tenino, WA, May 16, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2004, 20:30 local time
- Place: Tenino, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7944° N, 122.7772° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7944&lon=-122.7772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3510D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3510D) (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: 2,317 total, 40 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA04FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04FA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040516035691A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 16, 2004, APPROXIMATELY 2040 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 170B, N3510D, AND A CESSNA 210J, N3329S, COLLIDED IN FLIGHT APPROXIMATELY FIVE NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF TENINO, WASHINGTON. THE CESSNA 170B HAD DEPARTED ROSEBURG, OREGON AND WAS ENROUTE TO THE WAX ORCHARDS AIRPORT, VASHON ISLAND, WASHINGTON. THE CESSNA 210J HAD DEPARTED CAMAS, WASHINGTON, AND WAS ENROUTE TO PAINE FIELD, EVERETT, WASHINGTON. THERE WAS ONE OCCUPANT ONBOARD EACH AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT OF THE CESSNA 210J, A CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT, SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES WHILE THE CERTIFICATED PILOT OF THE CESSNA 170B SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 REGULATIONS.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N3329S, Cessna 210J: [Accident 20040516035692A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040516035692A)

## 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 SEA04FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04FA083), May 17, 2004: Cessna 170B (N3510D), Tenino, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate visual lookout during cruise flight, which resulted in a midair collision between the two airplanes.

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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