# Accident 19731014033039A: Piper PA28140, York, PA, October 14, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1973
- Place: York, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 39.9648° N, 76.7318° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of York, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9648&lon=-76.7318&mi=10
- Aircraft: N690FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N690FL-1974-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 123 total, 120 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FGT12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FGT12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731014033039A

## Narrative

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

EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID BIRDS.DRG L CLBG TURN THE ACFT INVERTED HIT TREES DRG RCVRY.

## 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 NYC74FGT12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FGT12), Oct 14, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N690FL), York, PA, 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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