# Accident 19730104000299A: Cessna 206CESSNA, Biggs, CA, January 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1973
- Place: Biggs, CA
- Airport: Private Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 39.4115° N, 121.7114° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Biggs, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4115&lon=-121.7114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5249U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 731 total, 12 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73DVG40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVG40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730104000299A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

No narrative was filed.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB OAK73DVG40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVG40), Jan 4, 1973: Cessna 206 (N5249U), Biggs, CA, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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