# NTSB SEA65D0017: Cessna 170B, N1957C, Glenns Ferry, ID, March 8, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 8, 1965
- Place: Glenns Ferry, ID · GLENNS FERRY, ID
- Location: 42.9501° N, 115.3082° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Glenns Ferry, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9501&lon=-115.3082&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report June 14, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179857
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA65D0017
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA65D0017

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0183   65/3/8    GLENNS FERRY ID     CESSNA 170B         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 46, 600
        TIME - 1534                    N1957C              PX-  0  1  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 120 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GLENNS FERRY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1957C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1957C-1965-04-02), registration cancelled 1965-04-02, S/N 26102 (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
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Glenns Ferry

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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