# NTSB SEA71OS003: Cessna 172C, N8482X, Mission, Canada, January 21, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 21, 1971
- Place: Mission, Canada · MISSION,BC,CAN, CD
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 160325
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA71OS003
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA71OS003

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0054  71/1/21    MISSION,BC,CAN      CESSNA 172C         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 55, 69 TOTAL
        TIME - 0005                    N8482X              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          FRIDAY HARBOR,WASH          BELLINGHAM,WASH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        REMARKS- INVEST AND REPORTED BY GOVT OF CANADA.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8482X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8482X-2013-03-07), registration cancelled 2013-03-07, S/N 17248982, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Registry model: [Cessna 172C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (registry code 2072408) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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