# Accident 19730519013619A: Cessna A185E, Moab, UT, May 19, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1973
- Place: Moab, UT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 38.5701° N, 109.5478° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Moab, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5701&lon=-109.5478&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70298, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70298-1973-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185F (registry code 2072820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 6,668 total, 259 in this make and model, 148 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN73AD050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730519013619A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 DEN73AD050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD050), May 19, 1973: Cessna A185F (N70298), Moab, UT, destroyed, 4 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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