# Accident 19731012037439A: Piper PA23, Liberty, TX, October 12, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1973
- Place: Liberty, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 30.0580° N, 94.7955° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Liberty, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0580&lon=-94.7955&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3188P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3188P-1974-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 823 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74AF022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731012037439A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO ENROUTE TSTM. AFT FUSELAGE & TAIL SEPARATED IN FLT.RPTD 11000 FT.NO OXYGEN SYSTEM ABD.

## 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 FTW74AF022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF022), Oct 12, 1973: Piper PA-23 (N3188P), Liberty, TX, 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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