FAA accident report · Piper PA-22-150 · Long Beach, CA · March 16, 1973
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Hit tree,fence then nosed ovr inverted. Valve failure in no.3 cyl.
HIT TREE,FENCE THEN NOSED OVR INVERTED.VALVE FAILURE IN NO.3 CYL.
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.