# Accident 19731203039629A: Cessna 140, Savannah, GA, December 3, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1973
- Place: Savannah, GA
- Airport: Savannah Mun
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Location: 32.0835° N, 81.0998° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Savannah, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0835&lon=-81.0998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2220N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2220N-1974-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 552 total, 552 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74FKG46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FKG46) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731203039629A

## Narrative

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

FLT ON TOP DSCNDD TO APRX 600FT AGL TO CONT VFR FLT.UN CONT,LNDD ON HWY I-16 MEDIAN.

## 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 MIA74FKG46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FKG46), Dec 3, 1973: Cessna 140 (N2220N), Savannah, GA, substantial damage

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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