# Accident 19730529013419A: Piper PA28140, Islamorada, FL, May 29, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1973
- Place: Islamorada, FL
- Airport: Tavernier
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 24.9243° N, 80.6278° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Islamorada, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.9243&lon=-80.6278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6307R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6307R-1974-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,015 total, 140 in this make and model, 181 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73FKU06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FKU06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730529013419A

## Narrative

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

OIL COOLER INLET HOSE HARDENED,CRACKED AND LEAKING.NR 2 PISTON ROD FAILED.LNDD IN A TIDAL FLAT.

## 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 MIA73FKU06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FKU06), May 29, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N6307R), Islamorada, 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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