# Accident 19730124001449A: Piper PA23250, Five Points, CA, January 24, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1973
- Place: Five Points, CA
- Airport: Deavenport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Aircraft: N5878Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5878Y-1973-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,800 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73AP024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73AP024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730124001449A

## Narrative

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

B NUT ON L ENG HOSE ATTACH FITTING LOOSE,2 HRS SINCE ENG MAINT.L & NOSE GR DWN,R GR HALFWAY DWN.

## 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 OAK73AP024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73AP024), Jan 24, 1973: Piper PA-23 (N5878Y), Five Points, CA, 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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