# Accident 19730515011409A: Piper PA23, Boone, NC, May 15, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1973
- Place: Boone, NC
- Airport: Blowing Rock
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 36.2138° N, 81.6652° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boone, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2138&lon=-81.6652&mi=10
- Aircraft: N713BT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N713BT-1991-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,145 total, 230 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD73DKM41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73DKM41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730515011409A

## Narrative

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

ACFT SLID ON WET GRASS,ATMTD GND LOOP HIT FENCE.

## 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 IAD73DKM41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73DKM41), May 15, 1973: Piper PA-23 (N713BT), Boone, NC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N713BT (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19821219064629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821219064629A), Dec 19, 1982: Piper PA23250 (N713BT), Johns Island, SC, Destroyed. Damage indicates both engines off at impact. None feathered. Gear flaps down. No defects except pilot skill found.

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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