# Accident 19730506013559A: Piper PA24400, Granger, MN, May 6, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1973
- Place: Granger, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 43.5022° N, 92.1388° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Granger, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5022&lon=-92.1388&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8114P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8114P-1973-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 182 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC73AK065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73AK065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730506013559A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 MKC73AK065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73AK065), May 6, 1973: Piper PA-24 (N8114P), Granger, MN, destroyed, 2 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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