# Accident 19730127000989A: Cessna 170A, Headquarters, ID, January 27, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1973
- Place: Headquarters, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 46.6299° N, 115.8093° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Headquarters, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6299&lon=-115.8093&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3181F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3181F-1973-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA73AS020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73AS020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730127000989A

## Narrative

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

PHOTOGRAPHING ELK. RECOVERED 1/28/73.

## 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 SEA73AS020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73AS020), Jan 27, 1973: Cessna 170B (N3181F), Headquarters, ID, destroyed, 1 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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