# Accident 19730727023449A: Piper PA23250, Huntsville, AL, July 27, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1973
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Airport: Huntsville Mun
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 34.7304° N, 86.5861° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntsville, AL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7304&lon=-86.5861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5894Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5894Y-2021-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,422 total, 1,050 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74DKJ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKJ05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730727023449A

## Narrative

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

HYD LINE FAILED,COULDNT LOWER GR NORMAL SYS. EMERG SYS INOP FOR UNDET REASON.

## 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 MIA74DKJ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKJ05), Jul 27, 1973: Piper PA-23 (N5894Y), Huntsville, AL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5894Y (2)

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

- [Accident 20190308001059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190308001059A), Mar 8, 2019: Piper PA-23-250 (N5894Y), Pahokee, FL, Destroyed, 5 fatal. Airman was carrying 4 passengers on a flight from tpa to F45. While enroute he had an issue with his left engine and subsequently shut the engine down (as per…
- [Incident 19920216004489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920216004489I), Feb 16, 1992: Piper PA23250 (N5894Y), Augusta, KS, Minor damage. Pilot failed to fully extend landing gear. Gear collapsed on rollout.

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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