# NTSB OAK70A0017: Cessna 170A, N9966A, Los Banos, CA, September 6, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 6, 1969
- Place: Los Banos, CA · LOS BANOS, CA
- Location: 37.0634° N, 120.8384° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Banos, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0634&lon=-120.8384&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 29, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159826
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK70A0017
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK70A0017

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2844   69/9/6    LOS BANOS,CALIF     CESSNA 170A         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 45, 8000
        TIME - 1330                    N9966A              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA NELLA
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LOS BANOS,CALIF             SAN JOSE,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: BUZZING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9966A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9966A-1969-12-04), registration cancelled 1969-12-04, S/N 19326 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Registry model: [Cessna 170A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (registry code 2072304) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Santa Nella

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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