# Accident 19730428013549A: Piper PA23250, Fort Meyers, FL, April 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1973
- Place: Fort Meyers, FL
- Airport: Lehigh Acres West
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 26.6406° N, 81.8723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Myers, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6406&lon=-81.8723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14232, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14232-2013-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 83 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73FKT89](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FKT89) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730428013549A

## Narrative

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

UNLTD ARPT ON RAMP AT AN ANGLE TO RWY 6 FLAPS IN FULL UP PSN THROTTLES FULL FWD.

## 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 MIA73FKT89](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FKT89), Apr 28, 1973: Piper PA-23 (N14232), Fort Meyers, FL, 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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