# Accident 19730120000959A: Piper PA23, Lagrange, TX, January 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1973
- Place: Lagrange, TX
- Airport: Guenther
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 29.9126° N, 96.8763° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Grange, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9126&lon=-96.8763&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64K-2014-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 802 total, 95 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73DRA15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DRA15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730120000959A

## Narrative

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

NITE LDG,UNFAMILIAR ARPT-AVOIDING WIRES NR END OF RWY,STALLED ONTO RWY BENDING GR.

## 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 FTW73DRA15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DRA15), Jan 20, 1973: Piper PA-23 (N64K), Lagrange, TX, 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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