# NTSB SEA72DYI21: Cessna 172K, N84196, North Bend, OR, April 25, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: April 25, 1972
- Place: North Bend, OR · NORTH BEND, OR
- Location: 43.4072° N, 124.2345° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Bend, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4072&lon=-124.2345&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report February 7, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 166277
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA72DYI21
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA72DYI21

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1565  72/4/25    NORTH BEND,OREG     CESSNA 172K         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 32, 199
        TIME - 2214                    N84196              PX-  0  0  1  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTH BEND
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          NORTH BEND,OREG             LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- PLT FAILED TO MONITOR ALTIMETER.OVER WATER APCH.CRASHED ON MOVING TRUCK ON U.S.HIGHWAY 101.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N84196](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84196-1972-08-15), registration cancelled 1972-08-15, S/N 17258375, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: North Bend

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.