# Accident 19731022033099A: Cessna 188ACESSNA, Oak Ridge, LA, October 22, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1973
- Place: Oak Ridge, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 32.6244° N, 91.7731° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oak Ridge, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6244&lon=-91.7731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8170V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8170V-1973-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188 (registry code 2073004, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188ACESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 550 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74DRJ17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DRJ17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731022033099A

## Narrative

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

DRG ATMPT TO AVOID TREES ACFT MUSHED INTO A HVY WOODED 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 FTW74DRJ17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DRJ17), Oct 22, 1973: Cessna A188 (N8170V), Oak Ridge, LA, destroyed

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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