# Accident 19730105001129A: Cessna 175A, Yucca Vally, CA, January 5, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1973
- Place: Yucca Vally, CA
- Airport: Private Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 34.1142° N, 116.4322° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yucca Valley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1142&lon=-116.4322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8026T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8026T-1974-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175A (registry code 2072504, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 239 total, 239 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX73DUG29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73DUG29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730105001129A

## Narrative

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

ACFT FLIPPED ONTO BACK.

## 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 LAX73DUG29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73DUG29), Jan 5, 1973: Cessna 175A (N8026T), Yucca Vally, 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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