# Accident 19730715021539A: Cessna A188B, Norfolk, VA, July 15, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1973
- Place: Norfolk, VA
- Airport: Sugar Hill Kennel
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 36.8468° N, 76.2852° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Norfolk, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8468&lon=-76.2852&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21627, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21627-1976-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 30 in this make and model, 71 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74FID02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FID02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730715021539A

## Narrative

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

SLID OFF END OF RWY INTO DITCH. LND DUE DETERIORATING ENROUTE WEA. RWY WET SLICK GRASS.

## 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 IAD74FID02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FID02), Jul 15, 1973: Cessna A188B (N21627), Norfolk, VA, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.