# Accident 19731006034099A: Cessna 182H, Artesia, NM, October 6, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1973
- Place: Artesia, NM
- Airport: Artesia Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 32.8519° N, 104.4676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARTESIA MUNI (ATS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8519&lon=-104.4676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71227, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71227-2013-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182M (registry code 2072728, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74AD014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74AD014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731006034099A

## Narrative

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

UNAUTH FLT. PLT AN EMPLOYEE OF OPERATOR. SPARSE LTG IN ADJACENT AREA.

## 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 DEN74AD014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74AD014), Oct 6, 1973: Cessna 182 (N71227), Artesia, NM, destroyed, 4 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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