# Accident 19730724020479A: Grtlks 2T1MENASCO, Tiptonville, TN, July 24, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1973
- Place: Tiptonville, TN
- Airport: Gooch Airfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 36.3761° N, 89.4753° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tiptonville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3761&lon=-89.4753&mi=10
- Aircraft: N962 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRTLKS 2T1MENASCO
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 413 total, 9 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74DLT03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DLT03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730724020479A

## Narrative

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

LANDED LONG TURNED INTO COTTON PATCH TO AVOID DITCH AT END OF RUNWAY.

## 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 IAD74DLT03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DLT03), Jul 24, 1973: Oldfield GT.LKS (N962), Tiptonville, TN, 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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