# Accident 19730530017629A: Piper PA20, Cantwell, AK, May 30, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1973
- Place: Cantwell, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 63.3917° N, 148.9508° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cantwell, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.3917&lon=-148.9508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7721K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7721K-2020-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 15 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC73DAG99](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC73DAG99) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730530017629A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTING 10K.LNDD ON ANCHORAGE-FAIRBANKS ALAS HWY. RAN INTO DITCH.

## 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 ANC73DAG99](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC73DAG99), May 30, 1973: Piper PA-20 (N7721K), Cantwell, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7721K (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19800104001249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800104001249A), Jan 4, 1980: Piper PA20 (N7721K), Palmer, AK, Substantial damage. Student lost control of airplane on landing roll. Aircraft veered off runway into a snowbank. CFI had no brakes.

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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