# Accident 19730309004619A: Piper PA16, Turner Falls, MA, March 9, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1973
- Place: Turner Falls, MA
- Airport: Turners Falls
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 42.5916° N, 72.5230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TURNERS FALLS (0B5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5916&lon=-72.5230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5383H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5383H-2018-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-16 (registry code 7101602, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA16
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 5 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73DNE25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73DNE25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730309004619A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED LDG,LOST CTL.

## 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 NYC73DNE25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73DNE25), Mar 9, 1973: Piper PA-16 (N5383H), Turner Falls, MA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5383H (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20110911021359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110911021359A), Sep 11, 2011: Piper PA-16 (N5383H), Muskegon, MI, Substantial damage. Aircraft with a private pilot and flight instructor giving instruction on tailwheel airplanes lost control on takeoff and impacted the ground. The left wing…

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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