# Accident 19730520012309A: Cessna 172M, Addicks, TX, May 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1973
- Place: Addicks, TX
- Airport: Lake Side
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 29.7825° N, 95.6424° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Addicks, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7825&lon=-95.6424&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20362 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 40 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73DRA35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DRA35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730520012309A

## Narrative

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

PLT LOOKING OUT L SIDE FOR CLEARANCE OF PARKED ACFT DID NOT SEE LARGE TREE OFF R WING.

## 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 FTW73DRA35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DRA35), May 20, 1973: Cessna 172L (N20362), Addicks, TX, substantial damage

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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