# Accident 19730908029669A: Cessna 180E, Wessington, SD, September 8, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1973
- Place: Wessington, SD
- Airport: Miller Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 44.5252° N, 98.9581° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MILLER MUNI (MKA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5252&lon=-98.9581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9170C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9170C-1973-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 415 total, 345 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74AK011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730908029669A

## Narrative

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

ATMTD VFR FLT BLO LO CEILING.

## 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 MKC74AK011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK011), Sep 8, 1973: Cessna 180 (N9170C), Wessington, SD, 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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