# Accident 19740503011959A: Cessna 170A, Newport News, VA, May 3, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1974
- Place: Newport News, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 36.9788° N, 76.4280° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newport News, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9788&lon=-76.4280&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9503A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9503A-1974-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 371 total, 89 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74AI058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740503011959A

## Narrative

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

FUEL NOT AVAIL AT PITT-GREENVILLE ARPT,CONT FLT.LNDD IN PARKING LOT.L WING HIT STEEL LIGHTPOLE.

## 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 IAD74AI058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI058), May 3, 1974: Cessna 170A (N9503A), Newport News, VA, destroyed, 2 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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