# NTSB SEA66A0025: Cessna 172, N5724A, Puyallup, WA, October 10, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 10, 1965
- Place: Puyallup, WA · PUYALLUP, WA
- Location: 47.1790° N, 122.2915° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Puyallup, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1790&lon=-122.2915&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 21, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176387
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA66A0025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA66A0025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0721  65/10/10   PUYALLUP,WASH.      CESSNA 172          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 38, 100
        TIME - 1924                    N5724A              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - THUN FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-10-13-65.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5724A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5724A-1965-11-24), registration cancelled 1965-11-24, S/N 28324, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Thun Field

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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