# Accident 19730117001669A: Piper PA24400, Navajo, AZ, January 17, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1973
- Place: Navajo, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 35.1242° N, 109.5382° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Navajo, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1242&lon=-109.5382&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7140P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7140P-1973-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 389 total, 87 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX73AL035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73AL035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730117001669A

## Narrative

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

CONT FLT INTO AREA OF SEVERE TURB. BOTH OUTBD WG PANELS,AILERONS AND R HORIZ STAB SEP.RCVR 1/18/73

## 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 LAX73AL035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73AL035), Jan 17, 1973: Piper PA-24 (N7140P), Navajo, AZ, destroyed, 1 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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