# Accident 19730623021299A: Piper PA28140, Painesville, OH, June 23, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 1973
- Place: Painesville, OH
- Airport: Concord
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 41.7216° N, 81.2584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Painesville, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7216&lon=-81.2584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N472FL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 507 total, 171 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73DEI50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73DEI50) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730623021299A

## Narrative

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

POSSIBLE DOWNDRAFTS PRESENT ON FINAL APPROACH.

## 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 CHI73DEI50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73DEI50), Jun 23, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N472FL), Painesville, OH, 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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