# Accident 19730517012469A: Piper PA32300, Tonopah, CA, May 17, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1973
- Place: Tonopah, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Aircraft: N8987N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8987N-2000-08-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 57 total, 18 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73DVW20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVW20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730517012469A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS CARRYING APPROX 1000LBS OF MARIJUANA.

## 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 OAK73DVW20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVW20), May 17, 1973: Piper PA-32 (N8987N), Tonopah, NV, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8987N (2)

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

- [Accident 19830830045189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830830045189A), Aug 30, 1983: Piper PA32300 (N8987N), Blairsville, GA, Substantial damage. Leveled off too high on landing. Stalled. Impact on runway failed the left main gear and damaged fuselage, wings.
- [Accident 19760608017359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760608017359A), Jun 8, 1976: Piper PA32300 (N8987N), Tubac, AZ, 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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