# Accident 19730212002409A: Cessna 172D, Carlsbad, NM, February 12, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 1973
- Place: Carlsbad, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 32.4207° N, 104.2288° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carlsbad, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4207&lon=-104.2288&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9125B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9125B-1974-07-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 69 total, 62 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN73DQD16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73DQD16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730212002409A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTING 40K.

## 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 DEN73DQD16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73DQD16), Feb 12, 1973: Cessna 172 (N9125B), Carlsbad, NM, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9125B (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19740511013569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740511013569A), May 11, 1974: Cessna 172D (N9125B), Acala, TX, Destroyed. Took off from road,attmptd climb ovr pwr lines

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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