# NTSB SEA70A0012: Cessna 177A, N30397, Spokane, WA, September 21, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 21, 1969
- Place: Spokane, WA · SPOKANE, WA
- Location: 47.6588° N, 117.4260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spokane, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6588&lon=-117.4260&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 19, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 160227
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA70A0012
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA70A0012

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3316  69/9/21    SPOKANE,WASH        CESSNA 177A         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 23, 110
        TIME - 1027                    N30397              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SPOKANE,WASH                SPOKANE,WASH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
        REMARKS- STALLED FROM LOW ALT STEEP CLIMB ATTITUDE. OBSERVERS REPORTED ACFT HAD BEEN PERFORMING AEROBATICS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N30397](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30397-1970-06-22), registration cancelled 1970-06-22, S/N 17701234, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177A
- Registry model: [Cessna 177A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177a) (registry code 2073706) (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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