# Accident 19730521012839A: Cessna 188CESSNA, Rudyard, MT, May 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1973
- Place: Rudyard, MT
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 48.5599° N, 110.5501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rudyard, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5599&lon=-110.5501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5545S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5545S-1974-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 188 (registry code 2073002, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-188) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,207 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA73FTI21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73FTI21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730521012839A

## Narrative

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

STEEP WINGOVER TYPE MANEUVER DRG LOW PASS OVR ARPT.

## 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 SEA73FTI21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73FTI21), May 21, 1973: Cessna 188 (N5545S), Rudyard, MT, substantial damage, 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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