# Accident 19730328013529A: Piper PA28R200, Valkaria, FL, March 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1973
- Place: Valkaria, FL
- Airport: Valkaria
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 27.9609° N, 80.5583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VALKARIA (X59), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9609&lon=-80.5583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5557U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5557U-1973-07-20) (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: 482 total, 474 in this make and model, 233 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73AN126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730328013529A

## Narrative

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

ALT TOO LOW TO RECOVER FM SPIN.

## 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 NYC73AN126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN126), Mar 28, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N5557U), Valkaria, FL, destroyed, 3 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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