# Accident 19730107000609A: Cessna 320D, Avoca, PA, January 7, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 1973
- Place: Avoca, PA
- Airport: Wilkes-Barre,Pa
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 41.3382° N, 75.7422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Avoca, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3382&lon=-75.7422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4883B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4883B-2012-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320E (registry code 2074514, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 290 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73AN098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730107000609A

## Narrative

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

HIT GND NOSE DWN,NEAR VERTICAL DESCENT.

## 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 NYC73AN098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN098), Jan 7, 1973: Cessna 320E (N4883B), Avoca, PA, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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