# Accident 19730804023559A: Piper PA28140, Loving, NM, August 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1973
- Place: Loving, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 32.2862° N, 104.0978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Loving, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2862&lon=-104.0978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1249T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1249T-1974-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 109 total, 93 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74DQD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74DQD02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730804023559A

## Narrative

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

PLT STATED FUEL GAGES & VOR REC ERRATIC. UNSURE POS,RAN OUT OF FUEL. NOSE GR HIT MESQUITE BUSH.

## 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 DEN74DQD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74DQD02), Aug 4, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N1249T), Loving, NM, 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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