# Accident 19731010036019A: Piper PA23250, Spencer, MA, October 10, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1973
- Place: Spencer, MA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 42.2486° N, 71.9931° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spencer, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2486&lon=-71.9931&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4745P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,888 total, 1,148 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74AN033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731010036019A

## Narrative

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

CLRD FROM HOLDING PATTERN FOR ILS APCH.LOSS OF CTL FOR UNDET REASON.HI SPEED NEAR VERTICAL IMPACT.

## 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 NYC74AN033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN033), Oct 10, 1973: Piper PA-23 (N4745P), Spencer, MA, destroyed, 3 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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