# Accident 19730310009559A: Cessna 170B, Wrangell, AK, March 10, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1973
- Place: Wrangell, AK
- Airport: Wrangell
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 56.4708° N, 132.3767° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wrangell, AK, within about 29 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.4708&lon=-132.3767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2961D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2961D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 231 total, 129 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC73FAD05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC73FAD05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730310009559A

## Narrative

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

PAX,A PRIVATE PLT,FOLLOWED THRU ON CTLS AND HANDLED THROTTLE FROM L SEAT.

## 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 ANC73FAD05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC73FAD05), Mar 10, 1973: Cessna 170B (N2961D), Wrangell, AK, 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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