# Accident 19730408016789A: Piper PA12, Bock, MN, April 8, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1973
- Place: Bock, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 45.7845° N, 93.5528° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bock, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7845&lon=-93.5528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7705H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7705H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 95 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC73AK060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73AK060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730408016789A

## Narrative

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

HIT PWR LINES ABOUT 32 FT AGL BUZZING FARM HOUSES. CONT FLT ABOUT 1/2 MI AND CRASHED IN TURN.

## 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 MKC73AK060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73AK060), Apr 8, 1973: Piper PA-12 (N7705H), Bock, MN, destroyed, 2 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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