# Accident 19730404007589A: Cessna 320D, Tonopah, NV, April 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1973
- Place: Tonopah, NV
- Airport: Tonopah
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 38.0599° N, 117.0866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TONOPAH (TPH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0599&lon=-117.0866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4190T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4190T-1973-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320D (registry code 2074512, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,035 total, 457 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73AP034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73AP034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730404007589A

## Narrative

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

L ENG QUIT,PLT LOST CTL.GR & FLAPS DWN,L PROP NOT FEATH.

## 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 OAK73AP034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73AP034), Apr 4, 1973: Cessna 320D (N4190T), Tonopah, NV, destroyed, 4 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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