# Accident 19730522012889A: Cessna 182A, Yates Center, KS, May 22, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1973
- Place: Yates Center, KS
- Airport: Yates Center
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 37.8547° N, 95.7479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at YATES CENTER MUNI (3JA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8547&lon=-95.7479&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4817D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4817D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 8 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC73DCQ32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DCQ32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730522012889A

## Narrative

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

PLT ATMTD TKOF FROM SOFT SOD RWY.OVER RAN RWY HIT DITCH.

## 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 MKC73DCQ32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DCQ32), May 22, 1973: Cessna 182A (N4817D), Yates Center, KS, 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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