# Accident 19730722033129A: Piper PA23, Ocala, FL, July 22, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1973
- Place: Ocala, FL
- Airport: Ocala
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 29.1872° N, 82.1401° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ocala, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1872&lon=-82.1401&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3075P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3075P-1995-11-06) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 214 total, 76 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74DLD07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DLD07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730722033129A

## Narrative

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

NOSE GR COLLAPSED,ABORTED.

## 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 MIA74DLD07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DLD07), Jul 22, 1973: Piper PA-23 (N3075P), Ocala, FL, substantial damage

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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