# Accident 19730519013859A: Cessna 172L, La Conner, WA, May 19, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1973
- Place: La Conner, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 48.3926° N, 122.4945° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Conner, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.3926&lon=-122.4945&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3897Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3897Q-1980-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172Q (registry code 2072437, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 129 total, 70 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA73DYE35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73DYE35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730519013859A

## Narrative

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

FLOAT EQUIP.

## 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 SEA73DYE35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73DYE35), May 19, 1973: Cessna 172S (N3897Q), La Conner, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3897Q (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19781009029889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781009029889I), Oct 9, 1978: Cessna 172 (N3897Q), Point Roberts, WA, Minor damage. Cross wires between the floats broke during the take off run. Floats spread and dug in the water, aircraft flipped.

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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