# Accident 19731104038549A: Cessna 172K, Cherokee, TX, November 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 1973
- Place: Cherokee, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 30.9824° N, 98.7075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cherokee, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9824&lon=-98.7075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79049, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79049-1974-01-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 345 total, 345 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74AF035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731104038549A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERY DATE 11/21/73.

## 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 FTW74AF035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF035), Nov 4, 1973: Cessna 172K (N79049), Cherokee, TX, destroyed, 2 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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