# Accident 19730518012659A: Cessna 182H, Yates Center, KS, May 18, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1973
- Place: Yates Center, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 37.8673° N, 95.7548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yates Center, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8673&lon=-95.7548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7074Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7074Q-1973-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 933 total, 253 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC73AK067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73AK067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730518012659A

## Narrative

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

CARB BOWL DRAIN PLUG MISSING,NOT FOUND.PLT LND IN PASTURE.FIRE DESTROYED ACFT.2 HRS SINCE NEW.

## 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 MKC73AK067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73AK067), May 18, 1973: Cessna 182P (N7074Q), Yates Center, KS, destroyed

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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