# NTSB SEA79DYM42: Cessna 172, N733QW, Baker, OR, June 19, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: June 19, 1979
- Place: Baker, OR · BAKER, OR
- Location: 44.7750° N, 117.8318° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baker City, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7750&lon=-117.8318&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report September 7, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 135808
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA79DYM42
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYM42

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1604  79/6/19    BAKER,OR            CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 34, 269
        TIME - 1650                    N733QW              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  TOTAL HOURS, 34 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BAKER
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BAKER,OR                    LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- TKOF FROM RWY 30,THOUGHT FLAPS MALFUNCTIONED.SO DID LOW ALT TURN & LND ON RWY 12.FLAPS CHECKED OK.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N733QW](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N733QW-2015-04-27), registration cancelled 2015-04-27, S/N 17268475, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Baker

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19790619019039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790619019039A), Jun 19, 1979: Cessna 172, Baker, OR, Substantial damage. Student pilot landed on last third of runway. Ran off end, overturned in a ditch.

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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