# NTSB SEA72AS045: Cessna 182A, N4068D, Walla Walla, WA, April 11, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 11, 1972
- Place: Walla Walla, WA · WALLA WALLA, WA
- Location: 46.0670° N, 118.3370° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Walla Walla, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0670&lon=-118.3370&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 15, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165771
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA72AS045
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA72AS045

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0682  72/4/11    WALLA WALLA,WASH    CESSNA 182A         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 46, 244
        TIME - 2015                    N4068D              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 99 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WALLA WALLA CITY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WALLA WALLA,WASH           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - OTHER
        REMARKS- DARK NITE,SPARSELY LTD TERRAIN AROUND ARPT.PLT HADNT FLOWN HI WG ACFT AT NITE BEFORE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4068D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4068D-1972-08-11), registration cancelled 1972-08-11, S/N 34768 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Walla Walla City

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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