19730430009759A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-17 · Hillsborough, NH · April 30, 1973

Date
April 30, 1973
Place
Hillsborough, NH
Airport
Hawthorne
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4615H
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC73FNC71
Reported as
Piper PA17
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
953 total155 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Fracture of horiz stab lead edge tube attach point. Plt elected to slow acft and lnd in trees.

As the FAA filed it

FRACTURE OF HORIZ STAB LEAD EDGE TUBE ATTACH POINT.PLT ELECTED TO SLOW ACFT AND LND IN TREES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.