# Accident 19730805028099A: Piper PA24400, Weed, NM, August 5, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1973
- Place: Weed, NM
- Airport: Linder Wolf Ranch
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 32.7969° N, 105.5309° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Weed, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7969&lon=-105.5309&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5879P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5879P-1973-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 590 total, 140 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74AD006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74AD006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730805028099A

## Narrative

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

APCH TO MARGINAL STRIP,DENSITY ALT APRX 9500 FT. GR DWN,FLAPS UP.PLT CLAIMED PWR LOSS,NO MALF FND.

## 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 DEN74AD006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74AD006), Aug 5, 1973: Piper PA-24 (N5879P), Weed, NM, 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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