# Accident 19740503013089A: Cessna 207, Opa Locka, FL, May 3, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1974
- Place: Opa Locka, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 25.9000° N, 80.2552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opa-locka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9000&lon=-80.2552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1504U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 217 total, 1 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74DKT76](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKT76) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740503013089A

## Narrative

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

PROP WOULD NOT RESPOND TO CTL.PLT AWARE OF PROBLEM BFR TKOF.FIRE STARTED IN R BRAKE.

## 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 MIA74DKT76](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKT76), May 3, 1974: Cessna 207 (N1504U), Opa Locka, FL, destroyed

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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