# Accident 19730912033399A: Piper PA28R200, Waimea, HI, September 12, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1973
- Place: Waimea, HI
- Airport: Waimea-Kohala
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 20.0013° N, 155.6681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAIMEA-KOHALA (MUE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.0013&lon=-155.6681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4997S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4997S-1978-12-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,035 total, 35 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74FJA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FJA02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730912033399A

## Narrative

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

LOST FUEL PRESS ENROUTE,BOOST PUMP AIDED. ENG LOST PWR TURNING FINAL. AVOIDED WIRES LDG IN FLD.

## 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 OAK74FJA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FJA02), Sep 12, 1973: Piper PA-28R (N4997S), Waimea, HI, 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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