# Accident 19730310004899A: Cessna 182J, Big Spring, TX, March 10, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1973
- Place: Big Spring, TX
- Airport: Howard County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 32.2383° N, 101.4857° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Spring, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2383&lon=-101.4857&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3193F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3193F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182J (registry code 2072722, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182J
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,421 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73DQG34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DQG34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730310004899A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTING 51K.

## 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 FTW73DQG34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DQG34), Mar 10, 1973: Cessna 182 (N3193F), Big Spring, TX, 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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