# Accident 19730715024279A: Piper PA30, West Branch, MI, July 15, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1973
- Place: West Branch, MI
- Airport: Ogemaw County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 44.2738° N, 84.2366° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Branch, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2738&lon=-84.2366&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7991Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7991Y-2001-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,080 total, 32 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74 EM04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74%20EM04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730715024279A

## Narrative

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

NO FUEL IN SELECTED TANK.ENG CUT OUT,PLT ABORTED.UN STOP ON RWY,SLID INTO SWAMP.OTR TANKS HAD FUEL

## 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 CHI74 EM04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74%20EM04), Jul 15, 1973: Piper PA-30 (N7991Y), West Branch, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7991Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19990528006079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990528006079A), May 28, 1999: Piper PA30 (N7991Y), Mcalester, OK, Substantial damage. N7991Y departed mlc, left engine failed, acft crashed 2 miles south of airport.(.19) on may 28, 1999, at 1630 central daylight time, a Piper PA-30 twin engine…

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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