# Accident 19730516012249A: Cessna 170, Los Alamos, NM, May 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1973
- Place: Los Alamos, NM
- Airport: Los Alamos
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 35.8797° N, 106.2687° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ALAMOS (LAM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8797&lon=-106.2687&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3947V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3947V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170 (registry code 2072302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,870 total, 20 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN73DQA41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73DQA41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730516012249A

## Narrative

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

HAD TO LND RWY 26 DUE TERRAIN IN AREA.

## 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 DEN73DQA41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73DQA41), May 16, 1973: Cessna 170 (N3947V), Los Alamos, NM, 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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