# Accident 19730729035019A: Cessna 180E, Monticello, AR, July 29, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1973
- Place: Monticello, AR
- Airport: Monticello
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 33.6248° N, 91.7937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monticello, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6248&lon=-91.7937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9357C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9357C-1973-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180E
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74AF007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730729035019A

## Narrative

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

DEP LTD ARPT & LOST CTL OVER SPARSELY LTD TERRAIN.PLT BLOOD ALC LEVEL 0.209 PCT.OVR MAX WT 94 LBS.

## 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 FTW74AF007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF007), Jul 29, 1973: Cessna 180 (N9357C), Monticello, AR, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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