# Accident 19730720024309A: Piper PA30, Aurora, CO, July 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1973
- Place: Aurora, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 39.7294° N, 104.8319° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aurora, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7294&lon=-104.8319&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7973Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7973Y-1973-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 200 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74AD002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74AD002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730720024309A

## Narrative

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

LOST CTL DURING NITE IFR ILS APCH. CRASHED 1.3 MI SHORT OF OUTER MARKER.BOTH SEAT BELTS UNFASTENED

## 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 DEN74AD002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74AD002), Jul 20, 1973: Piper PA-30B (N7973Y), Aurora, CO, 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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