# Accident 19730912027909A: Frchld M62A3, Hiddenite, NC, September 12, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1973
- Place: Hiddenite, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 35.9077° N, 81.0811° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hiddenite, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9077&lon=-81.0811&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9473H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9473H-2013-03-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild M-62A-3 (registry code 3371618, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-m-62a-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FRCHLD M62A3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 310 total, 54 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74DKM19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DKM19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730912027909A

## Narrative

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

ACFT MUSHED INTO THE GND DURING WINGOVER.DAMAGEDPROP,BECAME AIRBORNE UN CONT FLT LNDD IN 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 IAD74DKM19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DKM19), Sep 12, 1973: Fairchild M-62C (N9473H), Hiddenite, 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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