# Accident 19730508011719A: Piper PA22, Indianapolis, IN, May 8, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1973
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3378B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3378B-1973-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 181 total, 0 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73AC087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73AC087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730508011719A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO LOCALIZED POOR WEA COND. ATTITUDE GYRO INOP,KNOWN TO PLT BFOR TKOF.PLT TIME TO 11/8/70.

## 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 CHI73AC087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73AC087), May 8, 1973: Piper PA-22 (N3378B), Indianapolis, IN, 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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