# Accident 19730425009909A: Piper PA20, Vidor, TX, April 25, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1973
- Place: Vidor, TX
- Airport: Aubindale
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 30.1281° N, 93.9917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vidor, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1281&lon=-93.9917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7076K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7076K-2009-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 393 total, 333 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73FRA25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73FRA25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730425009909A

## Narrative

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

T/D 800FT BFR END OF RWY,ENG DID NOT RESPOND. PILOT-INTENTIONALLY NOSED ACFT OVER ON BACK

## 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 FTW73FRA25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73FRA25), Apr 25, 1973: Piper PA-20 (N7076K), Vidor, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7076K (1)

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

- [Accident 20080525836159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080525836159A), May 25, 2008: Piper PA20 (N7076K), Fields, OR, Substantial damage. (-23)VFR flight from denio, NV (E85) to off airport site 20 miles east of Fields, Oregon. On final approach to landing, at about 50 feet above ground level,…

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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