# Accident 19730530015489A: Cessna 140, Sanford, MI, May 30, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1973
- Place: Sanford, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 43.6782° N, 84.3855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanford, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6782&lon=-84.3855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76013, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76013-1974-09-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 625 total, 550 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73DEM69](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73DEM69) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730530015489A

## Narrative

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

LOW ALT FLT OVR LAKE.PLTS ATTN DIVERTED TO WATER,THOUGHT HE SAW SWIMMERS.

## 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 CHI73DEM69](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73DEM69), May 30, 1973: Cessna 140 (N76013), Sanford, MI, 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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