# NTSB SEA69A0060: Cessna 337C, N2665S, North Bend, OR, June 5, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 5, 1969
- Place: North Bend, OR · NORTH BEND, OR
- Location: 43.4072° N, 124.2345° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Bend, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4072&lon=-124.2345&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 16, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172535
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA69A0060
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA69A0060

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3031   69/6/5    NORTH BEND,OREG     CESSNA 337C         CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 0712                    N2665S              PX-  2  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            49, 26136 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            101 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          EUREKA,CALIF                NORTH BEND,OREG
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION
        REMARKS- REASON FOR DESCENT BELOW MIN APCH ALT UNDTMND.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2665S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2665S-1970-06-25), registration cancelled 1970-06-25, S/N 337-0965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337C
- Registry model: [Cessna 337C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337c) (registry code 2075712) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: North Bend

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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