# Accident 19731019032479A: Piper PA20115, Cheyenne, WY, October 19, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1973
- Place: Cheyenne, WY
- Airport: Cheyenne Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 41.1400° N, 104.8202° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cheyenne, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1400&lon=-104.8202&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7657K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7657K-1973-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20115
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 366 total, 274 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74FTC18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74FTC18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731019032479A

## Narrative

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

PLT THOUGHT HE WAS OVR FT COLLINS.LNDD ON APCH LIGHT SYS,MISTAKEN FOR CENTER RWY LTS.RWY LTS OUT.

## 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 DEN74FTC18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74FTC18), Oct 19, 1973: Piper PA-20 (N7657K), Cheyenne, WY, 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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