# NTSB SEA67A0004: Cessna 172B, N7834X, Roy, MT, July 8, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 8, 1966
- Place: Roy, MT · ROY, MT
- Location: 47.3343° N, 108.9600° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roy, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3343&lon=-108.9600&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 15, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171702
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA67A0004
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA67A0004

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0557   66/7/8  NR.ROY MONT           CESSNA 172B         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N7834X              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 41, 2000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            884 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 8-30-66. PILOT DRANK INTOXICANTS EVE PRIOR TO 0400 TAKEOFF. HAD NOT SLEPT FOR 24 HRS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7834X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7834X-1970-09-25), registration cancelled 1970-09-25, S/N 17248334 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Registry model: [Cessna 172B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (registry code 2072406) (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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