# Accident 19730409010759A: Piper PA24400, Floyd, VA, April 9, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1973
- Place: Floyd, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 36.9122° N, 80.3181° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Floyd, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9122&lon=-80.3181&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7809P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7809P-1973-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73AN140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN140) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730409010759A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERED 11/12/73 ON MTN SLOPE.

## 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 NYC73AN140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN140), Apr 9, 1973: Piper PA-24 (N7809P), Floyd, VA, 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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