# Accident 19731229040529A: Cessna 411, Birmingham, MI, December 29, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1973
- Place: Birmingham, MI
- Airport: Grand Prix
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 42.5448° N, 83.2166° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5448&lon=-83.2166&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7766X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7766X-1990-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 411 (registry code 2075902, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-411) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 411
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,991 total, 111 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74FEC25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEC25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731229040529A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WOULDNT CLIMB,ABORTED TOO LATE.ICE ON WGS.

## 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 CHI74FEC25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEC25), Dec 29, 1973: Cessna 411 (N7766X), Birmingham, MI, 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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