# NTSB OAK68A0003: Cessna 175, N7956T, Schurz, NV, July 2, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 2, 1967
- Place: Schurz, NV · SCHURZ, NV
- Location: 38.9794° N, 118.8334° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Schurz, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9794&lon=-118.8334&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 7, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 115792
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK68A0003
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK68A0003

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0257   67/7/2  NR.SCHURZ NEV         CESSNA 175          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 62, 2000
        TIME - 2135                    N7956T              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 750 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SCHURZ
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
        REMARKS- PILOT FAILED TO CLIMB TO SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO CLEAR MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AT NIGHT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7956T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Schurz

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.

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