# Accident 19730823030899A: Piper PA28R200, Eatonville, WA, August 23, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1973
- Place: Eatonville, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 46.8682° N, 122.2696° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eatonville, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8682&lon=-122.2696&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15587, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15587-1973-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 205 total, 1 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74AS009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730823030899A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERED 8/25/73. L WG & EMPENNAGE SEPARATED.PAX IN R SEAT HAD SOLOED 9 MONTHS PRIOR.

## 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 SEA74AS009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS009), Aug 23, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N15587), Eatonville, WA, destroyed, 4 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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