Aviation accidents in 1973
The NTSB database holds 4,451 accidents and incidents in 1973, recorded between 1973. 754 of them were fatal (17%), and 1,702 people died.
The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (1,933 records).
The aircraft types that appear most often are Cessna 150, Piper PA-28 and Cessna 172.
Most of these records are from United States, Mexico and Other-Foreign Countries.
4,451 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.
4,451
Records
754
Fatal
1,702
Deaths
17%
Share fatal
1973
Period
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0 of 4,451 have coordinates
Aircraft types involved
Where these happened
All 4,451 records by number of deaths, then by date
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Apr 1973 | Cessna 150 | No.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 27 Apr 1973 | Mooney M20C | Ledyard, Connecticut, United States | Internal Medic | Fatal | 1 |
| 25 Apr 1973 | Aeronca 7AC | Rice Lake, Wisconsin, United States | Bayview Flyers | Fatal | 1 |
| 24 Apr 1973 | Piper PA-23 | Cumberland, Maryland, United States | Wilson Constru | Fatal | 1 |
| 24 Apr 1973 | Piper PA-16 | Pilot Point, Alaska, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 21 Apr 1973 | Amer Avco AA1 | Erie, Colorado, United States | Western Flight | Fatal | 1 |
| 19 Apr 1973 | Snow S2A | Casa Grande, Arizona, United States | Maricopa Dust | Fatal | 1 |
| 16 Apr 1973 | Cessna 150 | Princeton, Massachusetts, United States | Vitek Aviation | Fatal | 1 |
| 15 Apr 1973 | Cessna 177 | Key Largo, Florida, United States | Tilford Flying | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Apr 1973 | Whitman W-8 | Alamance, North Carolina, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Apr 1973 | Champion 7GCBC | La Jolla, California, United States | Assoc.glider C | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Apr 1973 | Beechcraft E35 | Junction Cty, Kansas, United States | Avcor Enterpri | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Apr 1973 | Cessna 205A | Parowan, Utah, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Apr 1973 | Cessna 150J | Tehachapi, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 12 Apr 1973 | Mini Hawk 01 | Chino, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 11 Apr 1973 | Beechcraft V35TC | Amarillo, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 11 Apr 1973 | Bay Avn SUPR V | Sinton, Texas, United States | Southard Produ | Fatal | 1 |
| 10 Apr 1973 | Amer Avco AA-1 | La Porte, Texas, United States | Alvin Aero CLU | Fatal | 1 |
| 10 Apr 1973 | Cessna 172H | Campbell, Texas, United States | Airway Aviatio | Fatal | 1 |
| 10 Apr 1973 | Piper PA-32 | Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, United States | Anderson Fligh | Fatal | 1 |
| 9 Apr 1973 | Piper PA-18 | Baker, Nevada, United States | ELY Flying SER | Fatal | 1 |
| 9 Apr 1973 | Aero Comdr 112 | Milford Ctr, Ohio, United States | Freeway Airpor | Fatal | 1 |
| 1 Apr 1973 | Piper PA-32 | Rogerson, Idaho, United States | The Executive | Fatal | 1 |
| 31 Mar 1973 | Piper PA-24 | Nixon, Pennsylvania, United States | Advertising DI | Fatal | 1 |
| 31 Mar 1973 | Piper PA-28 | Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported | Amityville Fly | Fatal | 1 |
| 31 Mar 1973 | Cessna 340 | Gander, Canada | Floair Inc | Fatal | 1 |
| 29 Mar 1973 | Piper J4A | Pennington, New Jersey, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 28 Mar 1973 | Cessna 172 | Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 28 Mar 1973 | Cessna 182J | Burnsville, North Carolina, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 26 Mar 1973 | Beechcraft E18S | Grn Trtl C, Other-Foreign Countries | Goldways, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 26 Mar 1973 | De Havilland DHC-6 | Savoy, Illinois, United States | Air Central AI | Fatal | 1 |
| 25 Mar 1973 | Piper PA-28 | Livermore, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 23 Mar 1973 | Cessna 180A | Livermore, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 22 Mar 1973 | Piper PA-28 | Oneonta, Alabama, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 21 Mar 1973 | Cessna 320D | Fullerton, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Mar 1973 | Beechcraft G35 | Winter Haven, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Mar 1973 | Beechcraft E18S | Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported | Buckeye Air SE | Fatal | 1 |
| 18 Mar 1973 | Piper PA-24 | Farmington, New Mexico, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 18 Mar 1973 | Piper PA-28 | Orlando, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 17 Mar 1973 | Champion 7KCAB | Madera, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 16 Mar 1973 | Cessna 177RG | Huntsville, Alabama, United States | Executive Avia | Fatal | 1 |
| 16 Mar 1973 | Piper PA-28 | Knox, Indiana, United States | Fultn CTY AV | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Mar 1973 | Piper PA-12 | Selbyville, Delaware, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 8 Mar 1973 | Cessna 210H | Flagler Beach, Florida, United States | Asphalt Produc | Fatal | 1 |
| 7 Mar 1973 | Cessna 310G | College Park, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 7 Mar 1973 | Piper PA-28 | Martinsburg, Pennsylvania, United States | JFR Inc | Fatal | 1 |
| 2 Mar 1973 | Robertson T210L | Bethalto, Illinois, United States | Southaire Inco | Fatal | 1 |
| 2 Mar 1973 | Cessna 150 | York, New York, United States | 3 Star Aviatn | Fatal | 1 |
| 1 Mar 1973 | Piper PA-28R | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States | Aero Enterpris | Fatal | 1 |
| 28 Feb 1973 | Piper PA-28 | Forked River, New Jersey, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |