# Accident 19731105042569A: Piper PA23, Albany, KY, November 5, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 1973
- Place: Albany, KY
- Airport: Albany Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 36.6905° N, 85.1355° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albany, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6905&lon=-85.1355&mi=10
- Aircraft: N345E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N345E-1974-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-150 (registry code 7102303, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,350 total, 300 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74FLQ15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FLQ15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731105042569A

## Narrative

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

L ENG BEGAN SURGING.DIDN'T RETURN TO ARPT.LNDD ON HWY,L WING HIT SIGNPOST,ACFT SWERVED INTO DITCH.

## 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 IAD74FLQ15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FLQ15), Nov 5, 1973: Piper PA-23 (N345E), Albany, KY, 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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