# Accident 19730715021569A: Piper PA28R180, Zanesville, OH, July 15, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1973
- Place: Zanesville, OH
- Airport: Zanesville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 39.9444° N, 81.8921° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ZANESVILLE MUNI (ZZV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9444&lon=-81.8921&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3248R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3248R-1975-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 296 total, 27 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74AC007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC007-201648) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730715021569A

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTED APCH IN NITE IFR COND ON SPL VFR CLNC,LOST CTL.VIZ RESTRICTED DUE FOG & SMOKE.

## 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 CHI74AC007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC007-201648), Jul 15, 1973: Piper PA-28R (N3248R), Zanesville, OH, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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