# Accident 19731116042579A: Cessna 402B, W Stockbrdge, MA, November 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 1973
- Place: W Stockbrdge, MA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 42.3459° N, 73.3662° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Stockbridge, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3459&lon=-73.3662&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50YL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 935 total, 400 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74AN043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731116042579A

## Narrative

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

INFLT FIRE IN R ENG COMP.CAUSE OF FIRE WAS NOT DTRMND DUE FIRE DMG TO ACFT.

## 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 NYC74AN043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN043), Nov 16, 1973: Cessna 402B (N50YL), W Stockbrdge, MA, 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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