# Accident 19730622017459A: Piper PA23250, Princeton, ME, June 22, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1973
- Place: Princeton, ME
- Airport: Princeton
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 45.2007° N, 67.5644° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PRINCETON MUNI (PNN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2007&lon=-67.5644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N157TD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N157TD-1973-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73AN155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730622017459A

## Narrative

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

DESCENDED BLO MDA.LOCAL WEA COND GIVEN PLT BY CAR TO ACFT RADIO.RECOVERY DATE 6/23/73.

## 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 NYC73AN155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN155), Jun 22, 1973: Piper PA-23 (N157TD), Princeton, ME, destroyed, 2 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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