# Accident 19731221042039A: Cessna 182H, Anacortes, WA, December 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1973
- Place: Anacortes, WA
- Airport: Sinclair Island
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 48.6234° N, 122.6713° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Sinclair Island Airport, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.6234&lon=-122.6713&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1814X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1814X-1974-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182H (registry code 2072718, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 680 total, 111 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74AS026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731221042039A

## Narrative

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

WET GRASS STRIP.HIT SMALL SHED.

## 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 SEA74AS026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS026), Dec 21, 1973: Cessna 182 (N1814X), Anacortes, WA, 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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