# Accident 19730717024469A: Piper PA23, Deep Run, NC, July 17, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1973
- Place: Deep Run, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 35.1414° N, 77.7162° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Deep Run, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1414&lon=-77.7162&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3117P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3117P-1973-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 338 total, 43 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74AI005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730717024469A

## Narrative

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

PLT DECLARED EMERG AT FL 110,DUE OPEN DOOR. WAS VECTORED TO NEARBY ARPT. ACFT DISINTEGRATED IN FLT

## 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 IAD74AI005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI005), Jul 17, 1973: Piper PA-23 (N3117P), Deep Run, NC, destroyed, 3 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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