# Accident 19730527012919A: Piper PA24400, Northport, MI, May 27, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1973
- Place: Northport, MI
- Airport: Woolsey Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 45.1643° N, 85.5755° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WOOLSEY MEML (5D5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1643&lon=-85.5755&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92EJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 239 total, 81 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73FEM64](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEM64) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730527012919A

## Narrative

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

APRX 2 PCT DOWNHILL GRADIENT AFTR FIRST 100FT.HIT SMALL TREES ABT 6-7FT HI.FULL FLAP GOAROUND.

## 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 CHI73FEM64](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEM64), May 27, 1973: Piper PA-24 (N92EJ), Northport, MI, 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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