# Accident 19730720022969A: Cessna 182C, Mt.Sterling, KY, July 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1973
- Place: Mt.Sterling, KY
- Airport: Mt.Sterling
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 38.0655° N, 83.9488° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Sterling, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0655&lon=-83.9488&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8901T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8901T-1977-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 349 total, 10 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74FLQ02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FLQ02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730720022969A

## Narrative

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

DESCND INTO TREES FOR UNDET REASON. PLT DIED 7/25/73.

## 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 IAD74FLQ02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FLQ02), Jul 20, 1973: Cessna 182C (N8901T), Mt.Sterling, KY, substantial damage, 1 fatal

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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