# NTSB OAK70DVD04: Cessna 195, N7738C, Eureka, CA, February 8, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 8, 1970
- Place: Eureka, CA · EUREKA, CA
- Location: 40.7990° N, 124.1540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eureka, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7990&lon=-124.1540&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 3, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 135642
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK70DVD04
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK70DVD04

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0824   70/2/8    EUREKA,CALIF        CESSNA 195          CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 752
        TIME - 1515                    N7738C              PX-  0  0  2  CHECK                     TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MURRAY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          EUREKA,CALIF                LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  FUMES IN CABIN
        REMARKS- PAX SMELLED FUEL AFTER T/O. PLT RET TO FLD. ON T/D ACFT EXPLODED IN AREA OF L REAR PAX SEAT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7738C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7738C-1974-09-23), registration cancelled 1974-09-23, S/N 7845 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195
- Registry model: [Cessna LC-126C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-lc-126c) (registry code 2073108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Murray

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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