# Accident 19730714025919A: Cessna 140, Georgetown, CA, July 14, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1973
- Place: Georgetown, CA
- Airport: Georgetown Apt
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 38.9211° N, 120.8648° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GEORGETOWN (E36), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9211&lon=-120.8648&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2168N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2168N) (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: 581 total, 413 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74DVG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74DVG04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730714025919A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREE TAXIING ADJACENT TO RWY.ACFT WENT DOWN BANK AND NOSED OVER.

## 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 OAK74DVG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74DVG04), Jul 14, 1973: Cessna 140 (N2168N), Georgetown, CA, 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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