# Accident 19731228041559A: Cessna 2105, Hesperia, CA, December 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1973
- Place: Hesperia, CA
- Airport: Hesperia Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 34.3769° N, 117.3161° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HESPERIA (L26), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3769&lon=-117.3161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8263Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8263Z-1974-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210-5 (registry code 2073404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 2105
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 74 total, 74 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74AL047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74AL047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731228041559A

## Narrative

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

PLT IN RT SEAT.TKOF APPEARED SLUGGISH.GUSTS 4OK.

## 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 LAX74AL047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74AL047), Dec 28, 1973: Cessna 210-5 (N8263Z), Hesperia, CA, destroyed, 5 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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