# Accident 19730721022299A: Piper PA23, Ona, WV, July 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1973
- Place: Ona, WV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 38.4248° N, 82.2132° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ona, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4248&lon=-82.2132&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3249P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3249P-1973-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 240 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74AI006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730721022299A

## Narrative

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

PLT FLEW INTO TSTM. ARPT MGR AT DEP GOT FSS WEA BRIEF FOR PLT. CAUTIONED ABOUT DROP IN FCST.

## 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 IAD74AI006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI006), Jul 21, 1973: Piper PA-23 (N3249P), Ona, WV, destroyed, 4 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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