# Accident 19730927031769A: Piper PA24400, Montoursville, PA, September 27, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1973
- Place: Montoursville, PA
- Airport: Lycoming County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 41.2465° N, 76.9174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montoursville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2465&lon=-76.9174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8470P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8470P-1973-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-400 (registry code 7102408, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,820 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74AN031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730927031769A

## 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 NYC74AN031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN031), Sep 27, 1973: Piper PA-24 (N8470P), Montoursville, PA, 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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