# NTSB OAK71DVD08: Cessna 170A, N1474D, Hayward, CA, August 3, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 3, 1970
- Place: Hayward, CA · HAYWARD, CA
- Location: 37.6688° N, 122.0808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hayward, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6688&lon=-122.0808&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 22, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109142
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK71DVD08
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK71DVD08

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3055   70/8/3    HAYWARD,CALIF       CESSNA 170A         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 27, 357
        TIME - 2002                    N1474D              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HAYWARD AIR TERM.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          HAYWARD,CALIF               LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- PLT MISSED TAXIWAY,ATMPTD TAXI TO PARKING AREA THROUGH GRASS AREA.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1474D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1474D-1972-11-15), registration cancelled 1972-11-15, S/N 20083 (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: Substantial damage
- Airport: Hayward Air Term.

## Other investigations on N1474D (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 SEA72AS044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA72AS044), Apr 4, 1972: Cessna 170A (N1474D), Medford, OR, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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