# Accident 19730717026319A: Piper PA24400, Harlowton, MT, July 17, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1973
- Place: Harlowton, MT
- Airport: Harlowton Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 46.4368° N, 109.8345° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harlowton, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4368&lon=-109.8345&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7583P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7583P-1998-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,125 total, 278 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74FTA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74FTA03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730717026319A

## Narrative

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

DNSTY ALT 6900FT.ACFT WT 25 LBS BLO MAX GROSS.

## 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 SEA74FTA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74FTA03), Jul 17, 1973: Piper PA-24 (N7583P), Harlowton, MT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7583P (1)

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

- [Accident 19970307002599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970307002599A), Mar 7, 1997: Piper PA24250 (N7583P), Boise, ID, No damage, 3 fatal. Encountered sinificatn icing, aircraft inverted, wreckage not located.

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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