# Accident 19730226004119A: Cessna 172, Show Low, AZ, February 26, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 1973
- Place: Show Low, AZ
- Airport: Show Low
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 34.2655° N, 110.0057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHOW LOW RGNL (SOW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2655&lon=-110.0057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6497E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,152 total, 43 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX73FUJ52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73FUJ52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730226004119A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 LAX73FUJ52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73FUJ52), Feb 26, 1973: Cessna 172 (N6497E), Show Low, AZ, 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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