# Accident 19730103002279A: Piper PA28R200, Prattville, AL, January 3, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1973
- Place: Prattville, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 32.4640° N, 86.4597° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prattville, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4640&lon=-86.4597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2334R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2334R-1973-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 86 total, 32 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73AF036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73AF036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730103002279A

## Narrative

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

FSS ADZD VFR FLT NOT RECOMMENDED.FLT MADE VFR-ON-TOP.CRASHED DRG RADAR APCH.

## 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 FTW73AF036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73AF036), Jan 3, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N2334R), Prattville, AL, 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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