# Accident 19730602016479A: Cessna 14*, Burkville, AL, June 2, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 1973
- Place: Burkville, AL
- Airport: Holmes Strip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 32.3282° N, 86.5369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burkville, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3282&lon=-86.5369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3798V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3798V-1973-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140A (registry code 2071604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 14*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 247 total, 7 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73AM105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73AM105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730602016479A

## Narrative

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

OBS MAKING STEEP LOW ALT TURNS. HIT TREE ABOUT 80 FT AGL. WAIVER FOR ARTIFICIAL R EYE.

## 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 MIA73AM105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73AM105), Jun 2, 1973: Cessna 140A (N3798V), Burkville, AL, destroyed, 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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