# Accident 19731022033799A: Cessna 172D, Bass Lake, CA, October 22, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1973
- Place: Bass Lake, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 37.3254° N, 119.5644° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bass Lake, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3254&lon=-119.5644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2AL-1973-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 578 total, 27 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74AP017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731022033799A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTING 60-70K.

## 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 OAK74AP017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP017), Oct 22, 1973: Cessna 172G (N2AL), Bass Lake, CA, destroyed, 1 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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