# Accident 19730811023619A: Piper PA32260, Minden, LA, August 11, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1973
- Place: Minden, LA
- Airport: Minden
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 32.6460° N, 93.2981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINDEN (MNE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6460&lon=-93.2981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3691W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3691W-2012-07-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 526 total, 203 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74FRJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FRJ04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730811023619A

## Narrative

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

PILOT INTENTIONALLY STALLED AIRCRAFT TO AVOID OBSTRUCTIONS.4 PAX PARACHUTED OK.2HR SINCE ENG OVHL.

## 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 FTW74FRJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FRJ04), Aug 11, 1973: Piper PA-32 (N3691W), Minden, LA, 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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