# Accident 19730604013439A: Cessna 170B, New Braunfels, TX, June 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1973
- Place: New Braunfels, TX
- Airport: New Braunfels
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Location: 29.7045° N, 98.0422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at New Braunfels National Airport (BAZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7045&lon=-98.0422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2593D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2593D-1975-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 7,245 total, 21 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73FRG89](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73FRG89) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730604013439A

## Narrative

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

SPECTATOR WALKED INTO ROTATING PROP

## 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 FTW73FRG89](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73FRG89), Jun 4, 1973: Cessna 170 (N2593D), New Braunfels, TX, no damage

## Other reports on N2593D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19750603014509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750603014509A), Jun 3, 1975: Cessna 170B (N2593D), St.Johns, AZ, Destroyed. Gusts 25K. Lost ctl in turn to avoid house.

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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