# Accident 19730220004379A: Cessna 172D, Salt Flat, TX, February 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1973
- Place: Salt Flat, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 31.7437° N, 105.0927° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salt Flat, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7437&lon=-105.0927&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7546T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7546T-1973-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,106 total, 16 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73AF046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73AF046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730220004379A

## Narrative

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

MOUNTAINS OBSCURED SOUTH.LOWERING CEILING.RCVRD 2/24/73.

## 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 FTW73AF046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73AF046), Feb 20, 1973: Cessna 172 (N7546T), Salt Flat, TX, destroyed, 2 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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