# Accident 19730921041609A: Piper PA30, Florence, WI, September 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1973
- Place: Florence, WI
- Airport: Iron County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 45.9279° N, 88.2352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Florence, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9279&lon=-88.2352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7878Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7878Y-1974-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74AC024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730921041609A

## Narrative

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

NO APCH FACILITIES AT DEST ARPT,CRASHED 5MI SSE.RCVRD 9/30/73.

## 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 CHI74AC024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC024), Sep 21, 1973: Piper PA-30 (N7878Y), Florence, WI, destroyed, 6 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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