# NTSB SEA65A0040: Cessna 170B, N4318B, Z, January 27, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 27, 1965
- Place: Z · Z, UN
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 13, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179899
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA65A0040
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA65A0040

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-1040  65/1/27    UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTEDCESSNA 170B         CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 1200
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N4318B              PX-  1  0  0  FERRY                     TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-UNKNOWN      OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- N4318B MISSING ENROUTE KENT,WASH.TO PASCO,WASH.DAMAGE AND INJURIES PRESUMED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4318B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4318B-1970-06-17), registration cancelled 1970-06-17, S/N 26662 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Registry model: [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (registry code 2072306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating

## Other investigations on N4318B (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 UNK64X2879](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2879), Jul 17, 1964: Cessna 170B (N4318B), Red Bluff, CA, substantial damage

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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