# Accident 19730401007149A: Cessna 320B, Plainview, TX, April 1, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1973
- Place: Plainview, TX
- Airport: Plainview
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 34.1911° N, 101.7235° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plainview, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1911&lon=-101.7235&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9856L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9856L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320B (registry code 2074508, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSI0-470-B (registry code 17029, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsi0-470-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73DQG38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DQG38-170357) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730401007149A

## Narrative

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

BOTH PROPS,FLAPS,BELLY OF ACFT DMGD.

## 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 FTW73DQG38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DQG38-170357), Apr 1, 1973: Cessna 320B (N9856L), Plainview, 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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