# Accident 19730817025319A: Piper PA30, Kansas City, MO, August 17, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1973
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7876Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7876Y-2003-01-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,943 total, 1,730 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74AK007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730817025319A

## Narrative

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

TAXYING ON ROAD TO RAMP.R WG HIT SIGN POST.TWR CLRD PLT TO TAXI AT OWN DISCRETION.

## 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 MKC74AK007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK007), Aug 17, 1973: Piper PA-30 (N7876Y), Kansas City, MO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7876Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19830331018349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830331018349I), Mar 31, 1983: Piper PA30 (N7876Y), Isle Of Palms, SC, Minor damage. Landed long to avoid standing water and soft spots. Ran off runway into a ditch.

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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