# Accident 19730310009569A: Beech A2319, Opelika, AL, March 10, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1973
- Place: Opelika, AL
- Airport: Stover
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 32.6454° N, 85.3783° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opelika, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6454&lon=-85.3783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14BW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14BW-1974-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A23-19 (registry code 1151212, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A2319
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 16 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73FKJ45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FKJ45) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730310009569A

## Narrative

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

FUEL INLET HOSE AT CARB REMOVED,FOUND VOID OF FUEL.T/D ABT 100FT BFR END OF RWY.HIT TREES,STUMPS.

## 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 MIA73FKJ45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FKJ45), Mar 10, 1973: Beech A23-19 (N14BW), Opelika, AL, 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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