# Accident 19730628020799A: Cessna 180B, Hawthorne, FL, June 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1973
- Place: Hawthorne, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 29.5937° N, 82.0945° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hawthorne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5937&lon=-82.0945&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5196E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5196E-1976-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180B (registry code 2072606, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,010 total, 250 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73DLA51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DLA51) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730628020799A

## Narrative

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

WORN O RINGS IN LDG GEAR RETRACTION SYSTEM.ACFT EQPD WITH AMPHIBIOUS TYPE FLOATS.

## 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 MIA73DLA51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DLA51), Jun 28, 1973: Cessna 180 (N5196E), Hawthorne, FL, substantial 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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