# Accident 19730727022519A: Beech C23, Rifle, CO, July 27, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1973
- Place: Rifle, CO
- Airport: Garfield County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 39.5263° N, 107.7270° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Garfield County Regional Airport (RIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5263&lon=-107.7270&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9750L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9750L-1974-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74FTE08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74FTE08-201634) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730727022519A

## Narrative

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

IMPROPER OP OF FUEL SYS.SELECTED OFF POSITION PRIOR TKOF.

## 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 DEN74FTE08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74FTE08-201634), Jul 27, 1973: Beech C-23 (N9750L), Rifle, CO, 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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