# Accident 19730218004849A: Bnorm BN2A, Culebra, Puerto Rico, February 18, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1973
- Place: Culebra, Puerto Rico
- Airport: San Juan International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 18.4578° N, 66.1211° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN JUAN (PR34), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4578&lon=-66.1211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N871JA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BNORM BN2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,510 total, 700 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73FKA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FKA08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730218004849A

## Narrative

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

L LDG GR SEPARATED.L WING TIP,GR DMGD DRG LDG. MISC-INFLT COLLISION WITH UNKN OBJECT.

## 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 MIA73FKA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FKA08), Feb 18, 1973: Brittnorman BN-2A (N871JA), Culebra, PR, 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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