# Accident 19730909030649A: Cessna 172G, Prattsburg, GA, September 9, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1973
- Place: Prattsburg, GA
- Airport: Prattsburg
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 32.7283° N, 84.3569° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PRATTSBURG (3GA1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7283&lon=-84.3569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5863R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5863R-2006-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 210 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74FKG25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FKG25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730909030649A

## Narrative

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

R BRAKE WORN.ACFT VEERED OFF L SIDE OF RWY STRUCK SOME PEACH TREES.

## 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 MIA74FKG25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FKG25), Sep 9, 1973: Cessna 172G (N5863R), Prattsburg, GA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5863R (1)

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

- [Accident 20050817019729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050817019729A), Aug 17, 2005: Cessna 172G (N5863R), Ridgeland, SC, Substantial damage. (-23) On August 17, 2005 at 1920 local time EST a Cessna 172, N5863R landed in a new pine tree field. On landing the aircraft hit a log partially submerged in…

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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