# Accident 19730707024999A: Piper PA24260, Helen, GA, July 7, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1973
- Place: Helen, GA
- Airport: Kings
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 34.7051° N, 83.7282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Helen, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7051&lon=-83.7282&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8760P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,185 total, 978 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74DKG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKG02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730707024999A

## Narrative

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

RAN OFF RNWY DWN EMBANKMENT STRUCK TREES.1600FT WET GRASS STRIP.

## 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 MIA74DKG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKG02), Jul 7, 1973: Piper PA-24 (N8760P), Helen, GA, 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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