# Accident 19730508018909A: Cessna 182N, Florida City, FL, May 8, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1973
- Place: Florida City, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 25.4405° N, 80.4676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Florida City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4405&lon=-80.4676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92272, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N92272-2022-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182N (registry code 2072730, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 108 total, 25 in this make and model, 88 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73FKT93](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FKT93) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730508018909A

## Narrative

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

NIGHT FORCED LDG IN A SWAMP.

## 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 MIA73FKT93](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FKT93), May 8, 1973: Cessna 182 (N92272), Florida City, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N92272 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19750225015059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750225015059A), Feb 25, 1975: Cessna 182N (N92272), Tampa, FL, Substantial damage. Plt clrd into position behind departing 727.acft blown over on nose & l wing.

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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