# Accident 19730905031919A: Piper PA28140, Farewell, AK, September 5, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1973
- Place: Farewell, AK
- Airport: Tatitna Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Aircraft: N15591, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15591-1974-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 55 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74DAG42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730905031919A

## Narrative

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

ATMPTD TKOF FROM ROUGH MARGINAL STRIP. X-WIND GUSTING TO 20K. ABORTED TOO LATE,LOST CTL.

## 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 ANC74DAG42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG42), Sep 5, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N15591), Farewell, AK, 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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