# Accident 19730728022339A: Cessna 182D, Sparta, TN, July 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1973
- Place: Sparta, TN
- Airport: Roy Carr Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 35.9347° N, 85.4726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sparta, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9347&lon=-85.4726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8820X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8820X-1988-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182D (registry code 2072710, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total, 283 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74DKW11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DKW11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730728022339A

## Narrative

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

LND 3-4 FT L OF CENTERLINE.L WG TIP RAN INTO TALL CORN,ACFT VEERED SHARPLY.

## 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 IAD74DKW11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DKW11), Jul 28, 1973: Cessna 182D (N8820X), Sparta, TN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8820X (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19840717033359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840717033359A), Jul 17, 1984: Cessna 182D (N8820X), Eugene, OR, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing after engine quit from fuel exhaustion.

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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