# NTSB SEA66F0116: Cessna 180, N2956C, Prairie City, OR, August 22, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 22, 1965
- Place: Prairie City, OR · PRAIRIE CITY, OR
- Location: 44.4611° N, 118.7094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prairie City, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4611&lon=-118.7094&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 19, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176028
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA66F0116
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA66F0116

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2559  65/8/22    PRAIRIE CITY OREG    CESSNA 180         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 39, 148
        TIME - 0900                    N2956C              PX-  0  0  2  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH ROCK PILE-OFF AIRPORT OPERATION
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2956C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2956C-1965-10-20), registration cancelled 1965-10-20, S/N 30856 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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