# Accident 19730630022429A: Piper PA28R200, Port Townsnd, WA, June 30, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1973
- Place: Port Townsnd, WA
- Airport: Sky Valley Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 48.1218° N, 122.7879° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Townsend, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1218&lon=-122.7879&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55435, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55435-1988-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 53 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA73DVE41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73DVE41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730630022429A

## Narrative

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

PLT NOT CERT FOR SOLO.ACFT WENT OVR EMBANKMENT.

## 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 SEA73DVE41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73DVE41), Jun 30, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N55435), Port Townsnd, WA, substantial damage

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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