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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA24400 · Vineyard Hav, MA · July 31, 1973

Date
July 31, 1973
Place
Vineyard Hav, MA
Airport
Marthas Vineyard
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8659P
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC74FNA07
Reported as
Piper PA24400
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total17 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flight diverted to Marthas Vineyard because of weather landing gear warning horn defective.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT DIVERTED TO MARTHAS VINEYARD BECAUSE OF WEATHER LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN DEFECTIVE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.