# NTSB OAK70A0023: Cessna 182A, N4072D, Alturas, CA, September 18, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 18, 1969
- Place: Alturas, CA · ALTURAS, CA
- Location: 41.4891° N, 120.5513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alturas, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4891&lon=-120.5513&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 2, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 155016
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK70A0023
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK70A0023

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3772  69/9/18    ALTURAS,CALIF       CESSNA 182A         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 63, 700
        TIME - 1510                    N4072D              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          PORT ANGELES,WASH           BORON,CALIF                  AURORA,OREG
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- PLT HAD MEDICAL HISTORY OF PHYSICAL DEFECTS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4072D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4072D-1970-01-15), registration cancelled 1970-01-15, S/N 34772 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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