# Accident 19730309004629A: Piper PA28R200, Fulton, TX, March 9, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1973
- Place: Fulton, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 28.0729° N, 97.0389° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fulton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0729&lon=-97.0389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6359W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6359W-1973-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 50 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73AF050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73AF050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730309004629A

## Narrative

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

RCVRD 3/10/73.

## 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 FTW73AF050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73AF050), Mar 9, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N6359W), Fulton, TX, destroyed, 2 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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