# NTSB SEA72DYA39: Cessna 172, N6135E, Fort Hall, ID, June 8, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 8, 1972
- Place: Fort Hall, ID · FORT HALL, ID
- Location: 43.0332° N, 112.4383° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Hall, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0332&lon=-112.4383&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 24, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 167330
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA72DYA39
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA72DYA39

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2376   72/6/8    FORT HALL,ID        CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 36, 500
        TIME - 0930                    N6135E              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          TREMENTON,UT                FORT HALL,ID
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- STRUCK POWER LINE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON A TWO LANE PAVED RD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6135E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6135E-1973-06-27), registration cancelled 1973-06-27, S/N 46235 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport:  Pocatello

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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