# Accident 19730626020789A: Piper PA30, Cordova, MD, June 26, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1973
- Place: Cordova, MD
- Airport: Easton Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Location: 38.8680° N, 75.9989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cordova, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8680&lon=-75.9989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8005Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8005Y-1973-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,255 total, 294 in this make and model, 324 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD73AI019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73AI019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730626020789A

## Narrative

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

ATMTNG VFR APCH TO FOG CVRD AIRPORT.FLEW INTO FOG.

## 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 IAD73AI019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73AI019), Jun 26, 1973: Piper PA-30B (N8005Y), Cordova, MD, 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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