# Accident 19730416008029A: Cessna 170, Dos Palos, CA, April 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1973
- Place: Dos Palos, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 36.9854° N, 120.6338° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dos Palos, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9854&lon=-120.6338&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2687V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2687V-1975-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170 (registry code 2072302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 570 total, 150 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73DVA50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVA50) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730416008029A

## Narrative

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

PLT DRAGGED LDG SITE,THEN OPENED THROTTLE ABRUPTLY. PWR LINES AT END OF FLD.

## 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 OAK73DVA50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVA50), Apr 16, 1973: Cessna 170 (N2687V), Dos Palos, CA, 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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