# Accident 19730527014889A: Piper J3C65, N.Andover, MA, May 27, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1973
- Place: N.Andover, MA
- Airport: Lawrence Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 42.7170° N, 71.1235° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAWRENCE MUNI (LWM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7170&lon=-71.1235&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42739 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 201 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73DNA49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73DNA49) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730527014889A

## Narrative

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

PIC ELECTED TO LAND ON SOD AREA ADJACENT TO ACTIVE RWY.AREA WAS OVER GROWN WITH HIGH GRASS.

## 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 NYC73DNA49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73DNA49), May 27, 1973: Piper J-3 (N42739), N.Andover, MA, 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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