# Accident 19730227002989A: Cessna 172L, Cleveland, OH, February 27, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 1973
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Burke Lakefront
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 41.5179° N, 81.6826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BURKE LAKEFRONT (BKL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5179&lon=-81.6826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4370Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4370Q-1977-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 50 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73DEJ30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73DEJ30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730227002989A

## Narrative

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

R AILERON AND R WING TIP OF CESSNA N5971F DMGD.RAMP ATTENDANT DIRECTING ACFT.

## 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 CHI73DEJ30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73DEJ30), Feb 27, 1973: Cessna 172 (N4370Q), Cleveland, OH, incident, minor 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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