# Accident 19730314005649A: Piper PA32260, Aurora, CO, March 14, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1973
- Place: Aurora, CO
- Airport: Sky Ranch Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Location: 39.7294° N, 104.8319° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aurora, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7294&lon=-104.8319&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3234W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3234W-2009-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 15 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN73FTE66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73FTE66) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730314005649A

## Narrative

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

PLT NOT PROPERLY CERTD FOR FLT.ONE PAX HAD NO SEAT OR SEAT BELT.A PAX DEPLANED TO REMOVE A CHOCK.

## 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 DEN73FTE66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73FTE66), Mar 14, 1973: Piper PA-32 (N3234W), Aurora, CO, minor damage

## Other reports on N3234W (1)

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

- [Accident 19731007036799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731007036799A), Oct 7, 1973: Piper PA32RT300 (N3234W), Aspen, CO, Substantial damage. Known turb & dwn drafts dep end of rwy. Density alt abt 9700 ft. nr max gross wt. Un maintain flt.

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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