# Accident 19730529015469A: Piper PA32260, Bismarck, ND, May 29, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1973
- Place: Bismarck, ND
- Airport: Bismark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 46.8083° N, 100.7837° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bismarck, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8083&lon=-100.7837&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3340W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 452 total, 6 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC73FTG16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73FTG16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730529015469A

## Narrative

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

FUEL EX APRX 5MI SE OF ARPT,LNDD IN ROUGH PASTURE COLLIDED WITH FENCE.

## 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 MKC73FTG16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73FTG16), May 29, 1973: Piper PA-32 (N3340W), Bismarck, ND, 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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