# Accident 19730430009759A: Piper PA17, Hillsborough, NH, April 30, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1973
- Place: Hillsborough, NH
- Airport: Hawthorne
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 43.1156° N, 71.8968° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hillsborough, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1156&lon=-71.8968&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4615H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4615H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-17 (registry code 7101702, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA17
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 953 total, 155 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73FNC71](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73FNC71) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730430009759A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 NYC73FNC71](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73FNC71), Apr 30, 1973: Piper PA-17 (N4615H), Hillsborough, NH, 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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