# Accident 19730410010079A: Piper PA32RT300, Coraopolis, PA, April 10, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1973
- Place: Coraopolis, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburg
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 40.5146° N, 80.1618° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coraopolis, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5146&lon=-80.1618&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4237R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4237R-1973-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73AN131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730410010079A

## Narrative

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

DESCENDED BLO MDA ON NO G/S APCH.SNOW SHWRS IN APCH ZONE.

## 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 NYC73AN131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN131), Apr 10, 1973: Piper PA-32 (N4237R), Coraopolis, PA, destroyed, 1 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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