# Accident 19730420011589A: Piper PA28R200, Ukiah, CA, April 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1973
- Place: Ukiah, CA
- Airport: Ukiah
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 39.1259° N, 123.2009° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at UKIAH MUNI (UKI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1259&lon=-123.2009&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5171S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5171S-1973-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 146 total, 88 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73AP037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73AP037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730420011589A

## Narrative

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

DARK NITE.

## 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 OAK73AP037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73AP037), Apr 20, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N5171S), Ukiah, CA, destroyed, 3 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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