# Accident 19730816041299A: Cessna 140A, Brandon, FL, August 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1973
- Place: Brandon, FL
- Airport: Brandon
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 27.9378° N, 82.2859° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brandon, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9378&lon=-82.2859&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77DT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18 total, 10 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74DLD18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DLD18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730816041299A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED LDG T/D ON L GR.ACFT VEERED L INTO BARBED WIRE FENCE.WIND GUSTING 15K.

## 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 MIA74DLD18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DLD18), Aug 16, 1973: Cessna 140A (N77DT), Brandon, FL, 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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