# Accident 19730415014279A: Cessna 177, Key Largo, FL, April 15, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1973
- Place: Key Largo, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 25.1226° N, 80.4116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Key Largo, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.1226&lon=-80.4116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2268Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2268Y-1974-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,135 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73AM098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73AM098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730415014279A

## Narrative

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

HIT WIRES BUZZING MARINA. PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL .16 PCT. LAST KNOWN FLT RECORD 6/23/64.

## 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 MIA73AM098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73AM098), Apr 15, 1973: Cessna 177 (N2268Y), Key Largo, FL, destroyed, 1 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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