# Accident 19731007033219A: Piper PA34200, Pocahontas, AR, October 7, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 1973
- Place: Pocahontas, AR
- Airport: Pocahontas
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 36.2455° N, 90.9552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POCAHONTAS MUNI (M70), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2455&lon=-90.9552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1073U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 689 total, 45 in this make and model, 107 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74AF020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731007033219A

## Narrative

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

LND APPRX 2/3 DOWN RWY & SWERVED TO R.

## 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 FTW74AF020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF020), Oct 7, 1973: Piper PA-34 (N1073U), Pocahontas, AR, substantial damage

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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