# Accident 19731104036559A: Piper PA22, Stow, MA, November 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 1973
- Place: Stow, MA
- Airport: Minuteman
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 42.4370° N, 71.5056° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stow, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4370&lon=-71.5056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5269Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5269Z-1974-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 328 total, 328 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74DNA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74DNA26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731104036559A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTING 20K.DRG TKOF L WING LIFTED ACFT VEERED R STRUCK AND SUBSTANTIALLY DMGD PIPER CUB.

## 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 NYC74DNA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74DNA26), Nov 4, 1973: Piper PA-22 (N5269Z), Stow, MA, 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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