# Accident 19730707020999A: Piper PA28R200, Tiburon, July 7, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1973
- Place: Tiburon
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Aircraft: N4801T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4801T-1973-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 12 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74OL009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74OL009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730707020999A

## Narrative

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

SANK IN OCEAN. INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.

## 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 LAX74OL009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74OL009), Jul 7, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N4801T), Tiburon, Mexico, 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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