# Accident 19730408010229A: Cessna 170A, Bandon, OR, April 8, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1973
- Place: Bandon, OR
- Airport: Bandon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 43.1147° N, 124.4155° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bandon, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1147&lon=-124.4155&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9270A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9270A-2013-03-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA73DYI13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73DYI13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730408010229A

## Narrative

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

RAN INTO BRUSH.

## 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 SEA73DYI13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73DYI13), Apr 8, 1973: Cessna 170A (N9270A), Bandon, OR, 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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