# Accident 19730328006799A: Univar 108, Wetumpka, AL, March 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1973
- Place: Wetumpka, AL
- Airport: Wetumpka Mun
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 32.5273° N, 86.3310° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WETUMPKA MUNI (08A), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5273&lon=-86.3310&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97546, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97546-1977-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson 108 (registry code 9230402, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 108
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 175 total, 100 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73DKJ49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DKJ49) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730328006799A

## Narrative

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

WINDS GUSTING 10K.ACFT LEFT RWY,PLT APPLIED BRAKES WHEN OBSVD WIND SOCK IN PATH.

## 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 MIA73DKJ49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DKJ49), Mar 28, 1973: Stinson 108 (N97546), Wetumpka, 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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