# Accident 19730604017369A: Piper PA32RT300, Elim, AK, June 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1973
- Place: Elim, AK
- Airport: Elim
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 64.6150° N, 162.2705° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELIM (ELI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.6150&lon=-162.2705&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8903N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8903N-1973-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 305 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC73AA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC73AA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730604017369A

## Narrative

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

BECAME AIRBORNE & SETTLED INTO GRND TWICE.RAN INTO BRUSH.OVER MAX GROSS WT 1339 LBS.WIND CALM.

## 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 ANC73AA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC73AA049), Jun 4, 1973: Piper PA-32 (N8903N), Elim, AK, 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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