# Accident 19730406008169A: Piper PA22, Millbrae, CA, April 6, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1973
- Place: Millbrae, CA
- Airport: San Francisco
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 37.6188° N, 122.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN FRANCISCO INTL (SFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6188&lon=-122.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N824A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N824A-2017-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22 (registry code 7102202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 754 total, 534 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73DVM27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVM27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730406008169A

## Narrative

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

PRIOR TO TAXI,ATIS GAVE WIND 300DEG AT 10KT.DURG 20 MIN WAIT FOR TKOF WIND INCRD WITH GUSTS.

## 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 OAK73DVM27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVM27), Apr 6, 1973: Piper PA-22 (N824A), Millbrae, CA, substantial damage

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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