# Accident 19730721028069A: Cessna 182H, Byron, CA, July 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1973
- Place: Byron, CA
- Airport: Discovery Bay
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 37.8908° N, 121.6211° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Discovery Bay Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8908&lon=-121.6211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2368R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2368R-1973-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182G (registry code 2072716, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 174 total, 174 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74DVD04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74DVD04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730721028069A

## Narrative

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

HIT WIRES SHRT OF RWY.

## 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 OAK74DVD04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74DVD04), Jul 21, 1973: Cessna 182 (N2368R), Byron, CA, destroyed

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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