# Accident 19730511010689A: Cessna 182, Birmingham, AL, May 11, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1973
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham Mun
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5518B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5518B-2008-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,236 total, 922 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73DKJ64](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DKJ64) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730511010689A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTING 77K.THUNDERSTORM APCHG ARPT PRIOR TO ACDT.

## 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 MIA73DKJ64](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DKJ64), May 11, 1973: Cessna 182 (N5518B), Birmingham, AL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5518B (1)

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

- [Accident 20070708017729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070708017729A), Jul 8, 2007: Cessna 182 (N5518B), Lexington, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot reported he aborted takeoff at 65 knots due to seeing what he thought was oil on the windshield. He was approximately 300 feet from the end of the…

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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