# Accident 19730819024909A: Cessna 175, Charlotte, NC, August 19, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1973
- Place: Charlotte, NC
- Airport: Wilgrove
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 35.2271° N, 80.8431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charlotte, NC, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2271&lon=-80.8431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6692E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6692E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175 (registry code 2072502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 122 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74DKM15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DKM15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730819024909A

## Narrative

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

TAXIED OFF RUNWAY SURFACE SAW DITCH BUT COULD NOT STOP IN TIME TO AVOID IT.

## 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 IAD74DKM15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DKM15), Aug 19, 1973: Cessna 175 (N6692E), Charlotte, NC, substantial damage

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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