# Accident 19740825030919A: Cessna 170A, Bernardo, NM, August 25, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1974
- Place: Bernardo, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 34.4187° N, 106.8336° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bernardo, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4187&lon=-106.8336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5423C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5423C-1974-10-29) (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: 286 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN75AD005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75AD005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740825030919A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERY DATE 082674.PIPEP TO FSS INDCTD LTNG,TSTM ACTIVITY AHD.HVY RAIN IN ACCIDENT AREA.

## 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 DEN75AD005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75AD005), Aug 25, 1974: Cessna 170A (N5423C), Bernardo, NM, 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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