# Accident 19730921030419A: Piper PA-40, Lamar, PA, September 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1973
- Place: Lamar, PA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 41.0100° N, 77.5234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lamar, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0100&lon=-77.5234&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9999P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9999P-1973-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-40 (registry code 7104002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,420 total, 88 in this make and model, 114 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FGT07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FGT07-201616) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730921030419A

## Narrative

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

NR 15 REAR LMT C/G TEST.L SPIN 1 TURN ATMTD RCVR SPIN CONT DEPLOYED SPIN CHUTE DID NOT INFLATE.

## 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 NYC74FGT07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FGT07-201616), Sep 21, 1973: Piper PA-40 (N9999P), Lamar, PA, destroyed

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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