# Accident 19730403009379A: Piper PA23, Gatlinburg, TN, April 3, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1973
- Place: Gatlinburg, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 35.7250° N, 83.4937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gatlinburg, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7250&lon=-83.4937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40233, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40233-1973-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD73AI010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73AI010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730403009379A

## Narrative

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

OBS AT LOW ALT OVER NATL PARK. CLRD MTN RIDGE & FLEW INTO TREES. GUSTING TO 20K.

## 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 IAD73AI010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73AI010), Apr 3, 1973: Piper PA-23 (N40233), Gatlinburg, TN, destroyed, 4 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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