# Accident 19730811023639A: Piper PA28140, Huntsville, AL, August 11, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1973
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Airport: South Huntsville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 34.7304° N, 86.5861° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntsville, AL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7304&lon=-86.5861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N712FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N712FL-1974-02-07) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 134 total, 86 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74DKJ13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKJ13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730811023639A

## Narrative

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

PLT TOOK OFF ON EMPTY TANK. OTR TANK FULL. LND IN SOY BEAN FLD.

## 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 MIA74DKJ13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKJ13), Aug 11, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N712FL), Huntsville, AL, 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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