# Accident 19730112000529A: Piper PA30, Moorestown, NJ, January 12, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 1973
- Place: Moorestown, NJ
- Airport: Moorestown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 39.9671° N, 74.9427° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Moorestown, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9671&lon=-74.9427&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8452Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8452Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 813 total, 400 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73FHD22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73FHD22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730112000529A

## Narrative

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

FINAL APCH-ABT 100FT BFR RWY,ADDED PWR,ACFT VEERED L AND L WING HIT GND.LNDD IN CORN FLD.

## 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 NYC73FHD22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73FHD22), Jan 12, 1973: Piper PA-30 (N8452Y), Moorestown, 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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