# Accident 19730617024989A: Cessna 180, Cloverdale, CA, June 17, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1973
- Place: Cloverdale, CA
- Airport: Cloverdale
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 38.7763° N, 122.9926° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLOVERDALE MUNI (O60), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7763&lon=-122.9926&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38SP-2008-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,044 total, 53 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73DVD45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVD45) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730617024989A

## Narrative

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

HIT PWR LINES 37FT ABV GRND.

## 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 OAK73DVD45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVD45), Jun 17, 1973: Cessna 180 (N38SP), Cloverdale, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N38SP (1)

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

- [Accident 20060617030529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060617030529A), Jun 17, 2006: Cessna 180 (N38SP), Agness, OR, Destroyed, 4 fatal. (-23) Pilot attempted to reverse course in a canyon on the rogue river, OR. So he could land on a oneway out private grass strip at half moon bar lodge. During…

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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