# Accident 19730609017379A: Piper PA28R200, Haddam, CT, June 9, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1973
- Place: Haddam, CT
- Airport: Flying B
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 41.4773° N, 72.5120° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Haddam, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4773&lon=-72.5120&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5456W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5456W-1973-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-150 (registry code 7102804, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73AN150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN150) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730609017379A

## Narrative

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

PLT HAD NO MED CERT OR PLT RATING.DN WIND TKOF. ACFT HIT TREES AND TWO COTTAGES.

## 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 NYC73AN150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN150), Jun 9, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N5456W), Haddam, CT, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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