# Accident 19730121001959A: Piper PA24400, Peyton, CO, January 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1973
- Place: Peyton, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 39.0330° N, 104.4904° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peyton, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0330&lon=-104.4904&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6647P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6647P-1973-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 425 total, 206 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN73AD032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730121001959A

## Narrative

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

ADZD AGAINST ATMTG VFR FLT BY WX BRIEFER.GND VSBY APRX 500FT.R LDG LITE ON.RCVRD 1/28/73.

## 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 DEN73AD032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD032), Jan 21, 1973: Piper PA-24 (N6647P), Peyton, CO, destroyed, 4 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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