# Accident 19730429009969A: Piper PA30, Three Rvrs, CA, April 29, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1973
- Place: Three Rvrs, CA
- Airport: Three Rivers
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 36.4388° N, 118.9045° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Three Rivers, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4388&lon=-118.9045&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8650Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8650Y-1974-09-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 539 total, 10 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73AP038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73AP038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730429009969A

## Narrative

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

ABORTED 2 PREV ATTEMPTS LDG ON RESTRICTED STRIP.3RD APCH,OVERSHOT TO R,LOST CTL IN S TURN TO RWY.

## 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 OAK73AP038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73AP038), Apr 29, 1973: Piper PA-30 (N8650Y), Three Rvrs, CA, destroyed, 1 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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