# Accident 19730430010909A: Cessna 177, Kitty Hawk, NC, April 30, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1973
- Place: Kitty Hawk, NC
- Airport: First Flight
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 36.0176° N, 75.6716° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FIRST FLIGHT (FFA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0176&lon=-75.6716&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30147 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 64 total, 13 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD73DLJ30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73DLJ30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730430010909A

## Narrative

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

ACFT VEERED OFF NARROW RWY INTO TREES.

## 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 IAD73DLJ30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73DLJ30), Apr 30, 1973: Cessna 177 (N30147), Kitty Hawk, NC, 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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