# Accident 19730916026649A: Piper PA22108, Prospectville, PA, September 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1973
- Place: Prospectville, PA
- Airport: Turner Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 40.2118° N, 75.1857° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prospectville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2118&lon=-75.1857&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5826Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5826Z-1974-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22108
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 51 total, 2 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FHA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHA09-201618) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730916026649A

## Narrative

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

HIT TREES ON L SIDE OF RWY 32.WIND GUSTING 25K.

## 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 NYC74FHA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHA09-201618), Sep 16, 1973: Piper PA-22 (N5826Z), Prospectville, PA, 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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