# Accident 19730902025869A: Piper PA30, Sylvania, GA, September 2, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1973
- Place: Sylvania, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 32.7472° N, 81.6407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sylvania, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7472&lon=-81.6407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7902Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7902Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 64 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74FKG23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FKG23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730902025869A

## Narrative

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

INTERMITTENT L ENG ROUGHNESS.B NUT CAME LOOSE ONFUEL LINE TO INJECTOR.ENG CAUGHT FIRE.RET,LND OK.

## 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 MIA74FKG23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FKG23), Sep 2, 1973: Piper PA-30 (N7902Y), Sylvania, GA, 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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