# Accident 19730413010239A: Piper PA24400, Orange, VA, April 13, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1973
- Place: Orange, VA
- Airport: Orange Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 38.2472° N, 78.0456° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORANGE COUNTY (OMH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2472&lon=-78.0456&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6273P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6273P-2019-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (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 IAD73AI011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73AI011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730413010239A

## Narrative

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

PLT HAD NO OFFICIAL RECORD.

## 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 IAD73AI011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73AI011), Apr 13, 1973: Piper PA-24 (N6273P), Orange, 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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