# Accident 19730728025979A: Piper PA22, Birney, MT, July 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1973
- Place: Birney, MT
- Airport: Brewster Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 45.4155° N, 106.4934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birney, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4155&lon=-106.4934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3369B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3369B-2012-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22 (registry code 7102202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 174 total, 174 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74D7A05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74D7A05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730728025979A

## Narrative

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

'WARNING' STRIP,STATE AERO CHART.LNDD LONG,ATMTD GO-AROUND,THEN 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 SEA74D7A05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74D7A05), Jul 28, 1973: Piper PA-22 (N3369B), Birney, MT, 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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