# Accident 19730614016639A: Piper PA25235, Monroe, LA, June 14, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1973
- Place: Monroe, LA
- Airport: Selman
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 32.5190° N, 92.0772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monroe, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5190&lon=-92.0772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8943L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8943L-1990-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73FRJ40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73FRJ40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730614016639A

## Narrative

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

GND FIRE DESTROYED FUSELAGE L R WING ASSY.FLD HAD OBSTNS ON ALL SIDES WITH 2 PWR LINES IN THE FLD.

## 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 FTW73FRJ40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73FRJ40), Jun 14, 1973: Piper PA-25 (N8943L), Monroe, LA, 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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