# Accident 19730503011009A: Cessna 182H, Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, May 3, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1973
- Place: Culebra Island, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Culebra
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Aircraft: N1905X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1905X-1973-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182H (registry code 2072718, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 650 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73AM065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73AM065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730503011009A

## Narrative

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

GO ARND AT NITE OVER UNLTD AREA.HAD MISIDENTIFIED FIELD. BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.O6 PCT.

## 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 MIA73AM065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73AM065), May 3, 1973: Cessna 182H (N1905X), Culebra Island, PR, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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