# NTSB SEA70D0132: Cessna 195A, N1042D, Vernonia, OR, October 4, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 4, 1969
- Place: Vernonia, OR · VERNONIA, OR
- Location: 45.8641° N, 123.1835° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vernonia, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8641&lon=-123.1835&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 14, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 151957
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA70D0132
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA70D0132

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4127   69/10/4   VERNONIA,OREG       CESSNA 195A         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1330                    N1042D              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 25, 882 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            35 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BENSON
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          VANCOUVER,WASH              VANCOUVER,WASH               VERNONIA,OREG
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND                             STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES
        REMARKS- ENG BACKFIRED DRG START,CARB FIRE DEVELOPED,ENG  DID NOT START.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1042D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1042D-1970-09-18), registration cancelled 1970-09-18, S/N 7654, built 1951 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195A
- Registry model: [Cessna 195](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195) (registry code 2073102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Benson

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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