# Accident 19730910028519A: Cessna 172, Austinville, VA, September 10, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 1973
- Place: Austinville, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 36.8510° N, 80.9145° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austinville, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8510&lon=-80.9145&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7405A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7405A-1974-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 214 total, 214 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74DIJ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DIJ05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730910028519A

## Narrative

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

FLT ON TOP SIGHTED RIVER THRU CLDS DSCNDD UN FIND ARPT.GO-AROUND DUE TRRN FEATURES SELECTED SITE.

## 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 IAD74DIJ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DIJ05), Sep 10, 1973: Cessna 172 (N7405A), Austinville, VA, 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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