# Accident 19730123000439A: Cessna 120, Sandpoint, ID, January 23, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1973
- Place: Sandpoint, ID
- Airport: Sandpoint
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 48.2995° N, 116.5601° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANDPOINT (SZT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2995&lon=-116.5601&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2074V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2074V-2012-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 120 (registry code 2071402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 836 total, 5 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA73FYG22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73FYG22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730123000439A

## Narrative

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

ACFT BURST INTO FLAMES AFTR CONTACT WITH PWR LINES.

## 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 SEA73FYG22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73FYG22), Jan 23, 1973: Cessna 120 (N2074V), Sandpoint, ID, 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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