# NTSB SEA72AS007: Cessna 310, Mazama, WA, August 24, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Date: August 24, 1971
- Place: Mazama, WA · MAZAMA, WA
- Location: 48.5921° N, 120.4040° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mazama, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: DirectorBrief, March 15, 1972
- NTSB case key (mKey): 162965
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA72AS007
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA72AS007

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2853  71/8/24    MAZAMA,WASH         CESSNA 310          CR-  2  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1545                    N770E               PX-  0  0  0  MAPPING/PHOTO             AGE 26, 670 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            248 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          SEATTLE,WASH                RETURN                       WENATCHEE,WASH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- STALLED DURING SHARP CLIMBING TURN. ACFT EXPERIMENTAL DUE STC PROC FOR CAMERA INSTALLATION.
```

## Sequence of events

- Enroute-change of cruise level

## Aircraft

- Registration: N770E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N770E-1972-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Registry model: Cessna 310 (registry code 2074202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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