# Accident 19731103034609A: Piper PA28R200, Wenatchee, WA, November 3, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 1973
- Place: Wenatchee, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 47.4360° N, 120.3293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wenatchee, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4360&lon=-120.3293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5806U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5806U-1973-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 104 total, 44 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74AS023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731103034609A

## Narrative

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

ACFT NEAR MAX GWT.

## 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 SEA74AS023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS023), Nov 3, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N5806U), Wenatchee, WA, destroyed, 2 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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