# Accident 19730221003959A: Cessna 182H, Quartzsite, AZ, February 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 1973
- Place: Quartzsite, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 33.6639° N, 114.2299° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Quartzsite, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6639&lon=-114.2299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2379R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2379R-1973-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182G (registry code 2072716, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 189 total, 172 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX73AL039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73AL039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730221003959A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERED ON MTN SLOPE 2/22/73. OBS STATED MTNS WERE OBSCURED.

## 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 LAX73AL039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73AL039), Feb 21, 1973: Cessna 182G (N2379R), Quartzsite, AZ, destroyed, 1 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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