# Accident 19731002039139A: Piper PA32300, Brooklyn, MI, October 2, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 1973
- Place: Brooklyn, MI
- Airport: Brooklyn
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 42.0942° N, 84.2409° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROOKLYN (6G8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0942&lon=-84.2409&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15279, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15279-1996-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 506 total, 155 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74FEC15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEC15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731002039139A

## Narrative

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

WHEN PWR APLD ENG DID NOT RESPOND.ACFT T/D ABT 40FT SHORT OF RWY,STRUCK DITCH.

## 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 CHI74FEC15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEC15), Oct 2, 1973: Piper PA-32 (N15279), Brooklyn, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N15279 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19960224002719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960224002719A), Feb 24, 1996: Piper PA32300 (N15279), Mustique Island, WN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aborted landing, crashed into bushes at end of runway.

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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