# Accident 19730713019289A: Cessna 337, Hot Springs, AR, July 13, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1973
- Place: Hot Springs, AR
- Airport: Memorial Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 34.4780° N, 93.0962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEML FLD (HOT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4780&lon=-93.0962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2146X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 427 total, 97 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74FPG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPG02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730713019289A

## Narrative

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

PLT COULD NOT GET GR DWN AND LOCKED.BALL P/N S-272-4 MAIN GR UP LOCK ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY MISSING.

## 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 FTW74FPG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPG02), Jul 13, 1973: Cessna 337 (N2146X), Hot Springs, AR, 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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