# Accident 19731228041789A: Beech A23A, Cabery, IL, December 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1973
- Place: Cabery, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 40.9958° N, 88.2037° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cabery, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9958&lon=-88.2037&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2303W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2303W-1974-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A23A (registry code 1151208, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 142 total, 140 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74AC054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731228041789A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO SNOWSTORM.WSFO FCST NW ILL OCC CIG BLO 1000FT 3MI SNOW.AIRMET E IFR N ILL.

## 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 CHI74AC054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC054), Dec 28, 1973: Beech A23A (N2303W), Cabery, IL, 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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