# Accident 19730727020919A: Cessna 170B, Willow, AK, July 27, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1973
- Place: Willow, AK
- Airport: Rough Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 61.7472° N, 150.0375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Willow, AK, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7472&lon=-150.0375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8369A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8369A-1974-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 350 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74DAG09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730727020919A

## Narrative

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

TKOF FM NARROW UNPREPARED STRIP.HIT BUMP,SWERVED OFF INTO TREES.

## 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 ANC74DAG09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG09), Jul 27, 1973: Cessna 170B (N8369A), Willow, AK, 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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