# Accident 19730826032329A: Piper PA24250, Lake Wales, FL, August 26, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1973
- Place: Lake Wales, FL
- Airport: Lake Wales Mun
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 27.8932° N, 81.6215° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE WALES MUNI (X07), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8932&lon=-81.6215&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6172P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6172P-2018-03-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 693 total, 54 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74DLD21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DLD21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730826032329A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LGTS ON GR WARN LGT DIMMED.

## 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 MIA74DLD21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DLD21), Aug 26, 1973: Piper PA-24 (N6172P), Lake Wales, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6172P (2)

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

- [Incident 20150912014949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150912014949I), Sep 12, 2015: Piper PA-24-250 (N6172P), Shelbyville, TN, Minor damage. On downwind, the gear was extended, then retracted due to another aircraft sitting on the runway. The pilot stated he was planning to go around and enter…
- [Accident 19810828052699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810828052699A), Aug 28, 1981: Piper PA24250 (N6172P), Jenks, OK, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel returning to base. Struck fence on forced landing.

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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