# Accident 19730827028409A: Piper PA22, Burlington, NC, August 27, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1973
- Place: Burlington, NC
- Airport: Burlington
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 36.0957° N, 79.4378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burlington, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0957&lon=-79.4378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3776A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3776A-1989-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22 (registry code 7102202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11 total, 11 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74DLJ14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DLJ14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730827028409A

## Narrative

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

ACFT SWERVED FIRST TO R THEN SHARPLY TO L BACK TO CENTER AND SLOWLY OVERTURNED.

## 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 IAD74DLJ14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DLJ14), Aug 27, 1973: Piper PA-22 (N3776A), Burlington, NC, substantial damage

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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