# Accident 19730316008089A: Cessna 172D, Montvale, VA, March 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1973
- Place: Montvale, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 37.3852° N, 79.7255° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montvale, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3852&lon=-79.7255&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38006 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 148 total, 4 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD73AI007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73AI007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730316008089A

## Narrative

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

1ST FLT INTO MTNS.RECOVERED 3/23/73.WEA BRIEF FELKER AAF.

## 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 IAD73AI007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73AI007), Mar 16, 1973: Cessna 172E (N38006), Montvale, VA, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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