# Accident 19730820026219A: Cessna 188ACESSNA, Vaiden, MS, August 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1973
- Place: Vaiden, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 33.3325° N, 89.7526° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vaiden, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3325&lon=-89.7526&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4492Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4492Q-1977-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188ACESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 275 in this make and model, 265 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74FKQ06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FKQ06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730820026219A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO PWR LINES.

## 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 MIA74FKQ06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FKQ06), Aug 20, 1973: Cessna A188B (N4492Q), Vaiden, MS, destroyed, 1 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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