# Accident 19730624016989A: Sphrth CIRRUSSTD, Chester, SC, June 24, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1973
- Place: Chester, SC
- Airport: Chester County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 34.7023° N, 81.2078° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chester, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7023&lon=-81.2078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8083, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8083-1990-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS (registry code 38019VE, https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-standard-cirrus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPHRTH CIRRUSSTD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,292 total, 220 in this make and model, 128 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73FLG50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FLG50) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730624016989A

## Narrative

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

DRG LDG PLT ATMTD TO AVOID WIRES THAT CROSSED FLD,L WING HIT GND.

## 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 MIA73FLG50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FLG50), Jun 24, 1973: Schemp Cirrus (N8083), Chester, SC, destroyed

## Other reports on N8083 (1)

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

- [Accident 19880910038129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880910038129A), Sep 10, 1988: Sphrth CIRRUSSTD (N8083), Briggs, TX, Destroyed. Caught the top of a fence and crashed while on short final for landing.

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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