# Accident 19730627019679A: Cessna A188A, Butte City, CA, June 27, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 1973
- Place: Butte City, CA
- Airport: Perez Flt Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 39.4646° N, 121.9900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Butte City, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4646&lon=-121.9900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5672J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5672J-1984-04-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188A (registry code 2073008, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73DVG72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVG72) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730627019679A

## Narrative

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

CTL ROD BALL END P/N SPHERCO TR-3-33 BEARNG THREADS STRIPPED FM THROTTLE LINK ROD.UN TO REDUCE PWR

## 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 OAK73DVG72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVG72), Jun 27, 1973: Cessna A188A (N5672J), Butte City, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5672J (1)

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

- [Accident 19740505014379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740505014379A), May 5, 1974: Cessna A188A (N5672J), Willows, CA, Substantial damage. Acft lndd on levee. Levee collapsed. Mixt ctl arm came loose at carb. Went to idle cut off.

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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