# Accident 19731122041869A: Cessna 182H, Key West, FL, November 22, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 1973
- Place: Key West, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 24.5651° N, 81.7755° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Key West, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.5651&lon=-81.7755&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21312, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21312-1974-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 219 total, 4 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74AM047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731122041869A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED OFF-SHORE AT NIGHT.2 PAX RCVRD.PLT & OTR PAX PRESUMED FATAL.ACFT NOT RCVRD.

## 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 MIA74AM047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM047), Nov 22, 1973: Cessna 182P (N21312), Key West, FL, 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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