# Accident 19731018033509A: Piper L4B, Lepanto, AR, October 18, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 1973
- Place: Lepanto, AR
- Airport: Holiman
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 35.6085° N, 90.3330° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lepanto, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6085&lon=-90.3330&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33034, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33034-1974-07-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER L4B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 424 total, 5 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74FPG32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPG32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731018033509A

## Narrative

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

L WING HIT TREE L OF APCH END OF RWY.

## 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 FTW74FPG32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPG32), Oct 18, 1973: Piper J3C-65 (N33034), Lepanto, AR, 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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