# Accident 19730429018029A: Cessna 172L, Cedar Key, FL, April 29, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1973
- Place: Cedar Key, FL
- Airport: George T Lewis
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 29.1342° N, 83.0506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GEORGE T LEWIS (CDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1342&lon=-83.0506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4335Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 61 total, 3 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73DLD79](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DLD79) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730429018029A

## Narrative

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

PLT DISTRACTED BY AUTOS AND PEOPLE DID NOT NOTICE CESSNA N3918L CLOSER TO TAXIWAY THAN OTR ACFT.

## 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 MIA73DLD79](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DLD79), Apr 29, 1973: Cessna 172L (N4335Q), Cedar Key, FL, 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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