# Accident 19730313005639A: Piper PA28R200, Comanche, TX, March 13, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 1973
- Place: Comanche, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 31.9005° N, 98.6044° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Comanche, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9005&lon=-98.6044&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5591F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 256 total, 100 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73FPD25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73FPD25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730313005639A

## Narrative

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

DRG ATMPT TO REMAIN VFR ACFT HIT TREE ON TOP OF HILL.PLT MEDICAL CERT NOT VALID FOR NIGHT FLT.

## 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 FTW73FPD25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73FPD25), Mar 13, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N5591F), Comanche, TX, destroyed

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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