# Accident 19730626020189A: Cessna 140, Cross City, FL, June 26, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1973
- Place: Cross City, FL
- Airport: Cross City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 29.6355° N, 83.1047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CROSS CITY (CTY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6355&lon=-83.1047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72737, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72737) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 215 total, 25 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73DLA47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DLA47) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730626020189A

## Narrative

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

75 FT FROM RWY EDGE TO RWY LTS.PLT DIDNT USE LDG LTS,LND TO L OF RWY IN PLOWED AREA.

## 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 MIA73DLA47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DLA47), Jun 26, 1973: Cessna 140 (N72737), Cross City, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N72737 (1)

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

- [Incident 19820523033059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820523033059I), May 23, 1982: Cessna 140 (N72737), Nenana, AK. In cruise altitude engine stopped. Pilot made emergency landing on gravel bar.

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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