# Accident 19730416009669A: Cessna 172L, Fitzgerald, GA, April 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1973
- Place: Fitzgerald, GA
- Airport: Fitzgerald
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 31.6839° N, 83.2709° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FITZGERALD MUNI (FZG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6839&lon=-83.2709&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4249Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4249Q-1977-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,323 total, 610 in this make and model, 205 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73FKG70](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FKG70) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730416009669A

## Narrative

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

PLT FAMILIAR WITH ARPT THOUGHT LNDG ON UNLTD GRASS RWY.LNDD IN ADJACENT PLOWED FIELD.

## 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 MIA73FKG70](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FKG70), Apr 16, 1973: Cessna 172 (N4249Q), Fitzgerald, GA, 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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