# Accident 19731010035259A: Piper PA32RT300, Corpus Christ, TX, October 10, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1973
- Place: Corpus Christ, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 27.8006° N, 97.3964° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Corpus Christi, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8006&lon=-97.3964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56080, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56080-1973-12-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,240 total, 88 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74DRG31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DRG31) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731010035259A

## Narrative

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

PLT DISCLOSED HE BECAME SICK-DISORIENTED-CONFUSED WHILE IN TURN HEADING TO SHORE.ACFT STRUCK WATER

## 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 FTW74DRG31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DRG31), Oct 10, 1973: Piper PA-32 (N56080), Corpus Christ, TX, destroyed

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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