# Accident 19730516014569A: Swrngn SA26T, Deadhorse, AK, May 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1973
- Place: Deadhorse, AK
- Airport: Prudhoe Bay
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 70.2515° N, 148.3464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Prudhoe Bay Airstrip, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=70.2515&lon=-148.3464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1214S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1214S-1974-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA26-T (registry code 8780102, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa26-t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA26T
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 8,216 total, 1,134 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74AA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74AA046-201651) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730516014569A

## Narrative

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

BEGAN APCH BFO STA PASSAGE,DESCENT BLO CLNC LMT,EXCEEDED 10NM ARC OUTBD,IMPACT 28NM S OF AIRPORT.

## 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 ANC74AA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74AA046-201651), May 16, 1973: Swearingen SA26T (N1214S), Deadhorse, AK, substantial damage, 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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