# Accident 19730928031349A: Piper PA24400, Council Bluf, IA, September 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1973
- Place: Council Bluf, IA
- Airport: Council Bluffs
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 41.2601° N, 95.7586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COUNCIL BLUFFS MUNI (CBF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2601&lon=-95.7586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5547P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5547P-1973-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 54 total, 21 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74AK013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730928031349A

## Narrative

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

BLOOD ALCOHOL 0.147.NO SOLO NITE OR INST.

## 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 MKC74AK013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK013), Sep 28, 1973: Piper PA-24 (N5547P), Council Bluf, IA, destroyed, 1 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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