# NTSB SEA69A0056: Cessna 177, N29649, Wenatchee, WA, May 17, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 17, 1969
- Place: Wenatchee, WA · WENATCHEE, WA
- Location: 47.4360° N, 120.3293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wenatchee, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4360&lon=-120.3293&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 15, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171460
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA69A0056
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA69A0056

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2569  69/5/17    WENATCHEE,WASH      CESSNA 177          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 23, 41 TOTAL
        TIME - 0815                    N29649              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WENATCHEE,WASH              ELLENSBURG,WASH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- RAPIDLY RISING TERRAIN
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N29649](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29649-1970-06-29), registration cancelled 1970-06-29, S/N 17701007 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Registry model: [Cessna 177](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (registry code 2073704) (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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