# Accident 19730518014329A: Cessna 2105, Francistown, NH, May 18, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1973
- Place: Francistown, NH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 42.9894° N, 71.8141° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Francestown, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9894&lon=-71.8141&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8428Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 2105
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73AN143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730518014329A

## Narrative

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

PLT CALLED ARTC.ABOVE OCST & REQ ASSISTANCE TO LET DWN TO VFR AREA.WAS BEING VECTORED & LOST CTL.

## 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 NYC73AN143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN143), May 18, 1973: Cessna 205 (N8428Z), Francistown, NH, destroyed, 1 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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