# Accident 19730313004189A: Piper PA12, Selbyville, DE, March 13, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 1973
- Place: Selbyville, DE
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 38.4609° N, 75.2056° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Selbyville, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4609&lon=-75.2056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2454M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2454M-1973-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 25 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD73A1001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73A1001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730313004189A

## Narrative

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

STARTED TKOF RUN ON SANDY BEACH TOWARD HOUSE.UN CLEAR HOUSE,TURNED,HIT DRAGLINE BUCKET.

## 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 IAD73A1001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73A1001), Mar 13, 1973: Piper PA-12 (N2454M), Selbyville, DE, 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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