# Accident 19730727037389A: Piper PA23, Chicago, IL, July 27, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1973
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Meigs
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1483P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1483P-1974-01-14) (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: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 218 total, 37 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74AC009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730727037389A

## Narrative

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

HI APCH,DRIFTED AT LEVEL OFF.GUSTING TO 28K.ACFT BOUNCED,PLT ATTMPTD GO ARND & SETTLED INTO LAKE.

## 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 CHI74AC009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC009), Jul 27, 1973: Piper PA-23 (N1483P), Chicago, IL, destroyed, 1 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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