# Accident 19740330008789A: Cessna 170A, Bonner Sprgs, KS, March 30, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1974
- Place: Bonner Sprgs, KS
- Airport: Surburban
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 39.0754° N, 94.8717° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bonner Springs, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0754&lon=-94.8717&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1242D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1242D-2013-03-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 539 total, 8 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74FCG28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74FCG28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740330008789A

## Narrative

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

ATTN DIVERTED TO SICK PAX.SMALL DITCHES CAUSED BY EROSION.

## 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 MKC74FCG28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74FCG28), Mar 30, 1974: Cessna 170A (N1242D), Bonner Sprgs, KS, 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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