# Accident 19730113000892A: Piper PA22160, Edgewater, MD, January 13, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1973
- Place: Edgewater, MD
- Airport: Lee
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 38.9429° N, 76.5684° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEE (ANP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9429&lon=-76.5684&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9439D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9439D-2013-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 241 total, 115 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73AN101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730113000892A

## Narrative

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

N9439D ON LONG FINAL.OBS SAW N5483Z TURN TO FINAL ABOVE N4939D.BOTH ACFT CONT APCH.UNCNTRLLED ARPT

## Other aircraft in the event

- N5483Z, Piper PA22: [Accident 19730113000891A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730113000891A)

## 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 NYC73AN101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN101), Jan 13, 1973: Piper PA-22 (N9439D), Edgewater, MD, 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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