# Accident 19730107000499A: Cessna 140, Plymouth, MI, January 7, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 1973
- Place: Plymouth, MI
- Airport: Mettetal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 42.3712° N, 83.4676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plymouth, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3712&lon=-83.4676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2177V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2177V-2011-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73FEC21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEC21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730107000499A

## Narrative

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

ICE FOUND IN LINE TO FUEL BOWL.

## 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 CHI73FEC21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEC21), Jan 7, 1973: Cessna 140 (N2177V), Plymouth, MI, destroyed

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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