# Accident 19730128003589A: Piper PA28180, Middletown, NY, January 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1973
- Place: Middletown, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 41.4449° N, 74.4236° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4449&lon=-74.4236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7976N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7976N-2014-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73FHM21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73FHM21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730128003589A

## Narrative

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

ENCTRD ICE COND,CONT FLT.DUE ACFT ICE LWR ALT RQSDD,UN CK DSCNT,DSCNDD INTO TREES.NOT DEICER EQPD.

## 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 NYC73FHM21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73FHM21), Jan 28, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N7976N), Middletown, NY, 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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