# Accident 19730918029499A: Piper PA20115, Oakesdale, WA, September 18, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1973
- Place: Oakesdale, WA
- Airport: Private Strip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 47.1305° N, 117.2464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oakesdale, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1305&lon=-117.2464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7666K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7666K-1973-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20115
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 785 total, 320 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74AS017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730918029499A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 SEA74AS017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS017), Sep 18, 1973: Piper PA-20 (N7666K), Oakesdale, WA, destroyed, 2 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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