# Accident 19730123001589A: Univar 108, Ft.Pierce, FL, January 23, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1973
- Place: Ft.Pierce, FL
- Airport: St.Lucie County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97632, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97632-1996-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson 108 (registry code 9230402, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 108
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,356 total, 30 in this make and model, 143 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73FLD53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FLD53) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730123001589A

## Narrative

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

NR 1 CYL CRACKED AT BASE. DITCHED IN WATERWAY. OVERFLEW SUITABLE LDG SITES.

## 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 MIA73FLD53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FLD53), Jan 23, 1973: Stinson 108-1 (N97632), Ft.Pierce, FL, 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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