# Accident 19730422007669A: Piper PA20, Concord, CA, April 22, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 1973
- Place: Concord, CA
- Airport: Buchanan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 37.9897° N, 122.0569° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCHANAN FLD (CCR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9897&lon=-122.0569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7454K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7454K-2015-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,340 total, 240 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73DVD33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVD33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730422007669A

## Narrative

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

WING,FUSELAGE DMGD.

## 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 OAK73DVD33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVD33), Apr 22, 1973: Piper PA-20 (N7454K), Concord, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7454K (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19740217003029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740217003029A), Feb 17, 1974: Piper PA20 (N7454K), WY, Substantial damage

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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