- Date
- July 24, 1973
- Place
- Pacific City, OR · PACIFIC CITY, OR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8318TCessna 175C
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730724028579A
- Case key
- 189625
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1917 73/7/24 PACIFIC CITY,OREG CESSNA 175C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 300 TIME - 0001 N8318T PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PACIFIC CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PACIFIC CITY,OREG UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- SPARSE LTG IN AREA. ACFT PARTS,PLT & PAX BODIES FOUND ON BEACH 7/25/73.PLTS TIME AS OF 2/21/72.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8318T
- Reported as
- Cessna 175C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pacific City
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.