# Accident 19730608026199A: Cessna 172K, Ranier, MN, June 8, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1973
- Place: Ranier, MN
- Airport: International Sea
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 48.6043° N, 93.3573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ranier, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.6043&lon=-93.3573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79277, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N79277) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 127 total, 36 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC73DER70](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DER70) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730608026199A

## Narrative

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

R WG LIFTED DRAGGED L WG IN LAKE BOTTOM. FLOAT EQUIPPED. GUSTING TO 35K.

## 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 MKC73DER70](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DER70), Jun 8, 1973: Cessna 172K (N79277), Ranier, MN, 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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