# Accident 19730618020169A: Cessna 172D, Hope Bay, June 18, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1973
- Place: Hope Bay
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Aircraft: N5366R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5366R-1982-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 330 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73OM112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73OM112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730618020169A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WHEEL HIT PERSON ON GRND.INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF BAHAMIAN GOV.

## 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 MIA73OM112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73OM112), Jun 18, 1973: Cessna 172 (N5366R), Hope Bay, Burkina Faso, no 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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