# NTSB SEA68A0037: Cessna 180, N2478C, Roseburg, OR, October 30, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 30, 1967
- Place: Roseburg, OR · ROSEBURG, OR
- Location: 43.2236° N, 123.3520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roseburg, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2236&lon=-123.3520&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 11, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113601
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA68A0037
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68A0037

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-1021  67/10/30   ROSEBURG,OREG       CESSNA 180          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 34, 76 TOTAL
        TIME - 1930                    N2478C              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  HOURS, 63 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ROSEBURG
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- UNAUTH NIGHT FLT. PLT TURNED INTO RAPIDLY RISING TERRAIN. ACFT RECOVERY DATE 110167.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2478C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2478C-1968-01-31), registration cancelled 1968-01-31, S/N 30778 (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
- Airport: Roseburg

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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