# Accident 19731205038809A: Cessna 120, Columbia, CA, December 5, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1973
- Place: Columbia, CA
- Airport: Columbia
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 38.0304° N, 120.4146° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA (O22), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0304&lon=-120.4146&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1719N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1719N-1974-01-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 120 (registry code 2071402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 347 total, 276 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74AP022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731205038809A

## Narrative

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

PLT AWARE OF FOG NEAR ARPT AND POSSIBLE COVERAGEOF FLD.

## 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 OAK74AP022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP022), Dec 5, 1973: Cessna 120 (N1719N), Columbia, CA, 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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