# NTSB SEA69A0004: Cessna 170A, N9747A, Hermiston, OR, July 15, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 15, 1968
- Place: Hermiston, OR · HERMISTON, OR
- Location: 45.8331° N, 119.2847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hermiston, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8331&lon=-119.2847&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 27, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108513
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA69A0004
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA69A0004

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3399  68/7/15  NR.HERMISTON,OREG     CESSNA 170A         CR-  1  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 31, 40 TOTAL
        TIME - 1910                    N9747A              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HERMISTON
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9747A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9747A-1968-10-01), registration cancelled 1968-10-01, S/N 19208, built 1950 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Registry model: [Cessna 170A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (registry code 2072304) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Hermiston

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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