# Accident 19730707021749A: Piper PA24250, Chatham, MA, July 7, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1973
- Place: Chatham, MA
- Airport: Chatham
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 41.6883° N, 69.9897° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHATHAM MUNI (CQX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6883&lon=-69.9897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7462P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 730 total, 29 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FNA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FNA02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730707021749A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 NYC74FNA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FNA02), Jul 7, 1973: Piper PA-24 (N7462P), Chatham, MA, 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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