# Accident 19730422011599A: Cessna 14*, Hillsboro, ND, April 22, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 1973
- Place: Hillsboro, ND
- Airport: Hillsboro
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 47.3594° N, 97.0604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HILLSBORO MUNI (3H4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3594&lon=-97.0604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1971N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1971N-1973-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 14*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 375 total, 39 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC73FTG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73FTG11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730422011599A

## Narrative

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

LEFT SIDE ENGINE COWL HINGE OPENED AFTR TKOF.ATMTD TURN BACK TO ARPT.APRX 180DEG TURN,NOSE DROPPED

## 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 MKC73FTG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73FTG11), Apr 22, 1973: Cessna 140 (N1971N), Hillsboro, ND, destroyed

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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