# Accident 19730524013389A: Piper PA32RT300, Humacao, Puerto Rico, May 24, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1973
- Place: Humacao, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Humacao
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 18.1496° N, 65.8182° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Humacao, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.1496&lon=-65.8182&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4795S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4795S-2012-11-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 900 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73FKA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FKA10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730524013389A

## Narrative

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

L WING HIT TRUCK PARKED APRX 7FT L OF RWY.WIND GUSTING 18K.

## 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 MIA73FKA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FKA10), May 24, 1973: Piper PA-32 (N4795S), Humacao, PR, destroyed

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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