# Accident 19730407007239A: Cessna 172D, Tuttle, OK, April 7, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1973
- Place: Tuttle, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 35.3139° N, 97.7536° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tuttle, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3139&lon=-97.7536&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7539G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7539G-1973-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 133 total, 6 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73AF057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73AF057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730407007239A

## Narrative

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

DIDNT CK WEA UNTIL ENROUTE. LOST CTL DURING RAPCON ASSISTANCE.

## 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 FTW73AF057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73AF057), Apr 7, 1973: Cessna 172G (N7539G), Tuttle, OK, 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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