# Accident 19731012038459A: Piper PA28235, Port Austin, MI, October 12, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1973
- Place: Port Austin, MI
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 44.0426° N, 82.9951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Austin, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0426&lon=-82.9951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9034W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9034W-1974-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 344 total, 164 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74AC036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731012038459A

## Narrative

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

DEBRIS & 2 BODIES RCVRD FM SAGINAW BAY.FRONTAL WX ENRT.PLT MOD-SVR CORONARY ARTRL ATHEROSCLEROSIS.

## 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 CHI74AC036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC036), Oct 12, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N9034W), Port Austin, MI, 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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