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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-12 · Greene, RI · August 24, 1973

Date
August 24, 1973
Place
Greene, RI
Airport
Riconn
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4029H
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC74FNA11
Reported as
Piper PA12
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,266 total42 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot disconnected ground wires at switch loose bare wires grounded against switch housing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DISCONNECTED GROUND WIRES AT SWITCH LOOSE BARE WIRES GROUNDED AGAINST SWITCH HOUSING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.