# Accident 19730219006009A: Cessna 170B, Mobile, AL, February 19, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 1973
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Mobile Aerospace
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 30.6944° N, 88.0431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6944&lon=-88.0431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2395D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2395D-2022-12-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,150 total, 100 in this make and model, 71 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73DKJ47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DKJ47) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730219006009A

## Narrative

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

BRAKE PUCK ANGLE WEAR CAUSED PISTON TO COCK,FLUID BYPASSED O RING.ANN INSP 2/16/73.N74309 SUB DMG.

## 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 MIA73DKJ47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DKJ47), Feb 19, 1973: Cessna 170 (N2395D), Mobile, AL, 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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