# Accident 19730811022869A: Cessna 170B, Lancaster, CA, August 11, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1973
- Place: Lancaster, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 34.6980° N, 118.1367° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6980&lon=-118.1367&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3404C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3404C-1989-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 182 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74FUQ09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUQ09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730811022869A

## Narrative

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

LNDG ATMTD OFF-AIRPORT TO JOIN PERS TARGET SHOOTING.

## 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 LAX74FUQ09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUQ09), Aug 11, 1973: Cessna 170B (N3404C), Lancaster, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3404C (1)

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

- [Incident 19850425022139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850425022139I), Apr 25, 1985: Cessna 170B (N3404C), Porterville, CA, Substantial damage. Hand propped engine with non pilot at controls. Chain tail tiedown tore loose, aircraft struck hangar.

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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