# Accident 19730210014499A: Cessna 172D, Ft.Lauderdale, FL, February 10, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 1973
- Place: Ft.Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Int
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5770R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5770R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,687 total, 36 in this make and model, 252 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73DKT62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DKT62) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730210014499A

## Narrative

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

WX BRIEF BY ATIS WIND RPTD 18K GUSTING 25K.WIND GUSTING 40K AT TIME OF ACDT.

## 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 MIA73DKT62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DKT62), Feb 10, 1973: Cessna 172 (N5770R), Ft.Lauderdale, 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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