# Accident 19730520016379A: Piper PA12, Basinger, FL, May 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1973
- Place: Basinger, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 27.4003° N, 81.0165° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Basinger, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4003&lon=-81.0165&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3228M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3228M-1990-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 245 total, 240 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73DLD83](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DLD83) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730520016379A

## Narrative

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

SHORT ROUGH FLD TKOF FM UNIMPROVED AREA.BLOWN L AFTR L/O TOUCHED GND L/O AGAIN HIT 4FT DIRT MOUND.

## 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 MIA73DLD83](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DLD83), May 20, 1973: Piper PA-12 (N3228M), Basinger, FL, 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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