# Accident 19730307006499A: Piper PA28180, Martinsburg, PA, March 7, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1973
- Place: Martinsburg, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 40.3109° N, 78.3243° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Martinsburg, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3109&lon=-78.3243&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7816W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7816W-1974-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 490 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73AN121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730307006499A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED DRG VOR APCH IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.

## 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 NYC73AN121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN121), Mar 7, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N7816W), Martinsburg, PA, substantial damage, 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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