# Accident 19740520015189A: Cessna 170A, Fairfield, NJ, May 20, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1974
- Place: Fairfield, NJ
- Airport: Caldwell
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 40.8837° N, 74.3060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairfield, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8837&lon=-74.3060&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5461C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5461C-1975-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 128 total, 14 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FHM28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHM28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740520015189A

## Narrative

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

SHORT GND ROLL,ACFT TURNED ALMOST 180 DEG.

## 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 NYC74FHM28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHM28), May 20, 1974: Cessna 170A (N5461C), Fairfield, NJ, 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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