# Accident 19730821029299A: Piper PA28140, Oakridge, OR, August 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1973
- Place: Oakridge, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 43.7456° N, 122.4658° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oakridge, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7456&lon=-122.4658&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6344W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6344W-1973-10-19) (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: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 223 total, 81 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74AS011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730821029299A

## Narrative

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

CLOUDS SCTD AT 5000 FT.DNSTY ALT 7300.PSGR BLOOD ALC LVL .329PCT.

## 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 SEA74AS011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS011), Aug 21, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N6344W), Oakridge, OR, destroyed, 2 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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