# Accident 19731119040719A: Cessna A188B, Zellwood, FL, November 19, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 1973
- Place: Zellwood, FL
- Airport: Private Strip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 28.7219° N, 81.5732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Zellwood, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7219&lon=-81.5732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21717, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21717-1974-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 188B (registry code 2073007, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,030 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 515 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74FLD43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FLD43) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731119040719A

## Narrative

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

CHAFF ON AIR FILTER APRX 1/2 IN THICK.STRIP FRESHLY MOWED.ACFT EQPD MAN OPERATED ALT AIR,NOT USED.

## 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 MIA74FLD43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FLD43), Nov 19, 1973: Cessna A188B (N21717), Zellwood, FL, 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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