# Accident 19730911029739A: Piper L4B, Redfield, IA, September 11, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1973
- Place: Redfield, IA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 41.5901° N, 94.1960° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Redfield, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5901&lon=-94.1960&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42163 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER L4B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 29,000 total, 9,000 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74FCD14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74FCD14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730911029739A

## Narrative

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

HIT PWR LINE DURING SPRAYING OPERATION.

## 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 MKC74FCD14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74FCD14), Sep 11, 1973: Piper J3C-65 (N42163), Redfield, IA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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