# Accident 19731107040659A: Piper PA28140, Columbus, MS, November 7, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1973
- Place: Columbus, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 33.5082° N, 88.4071° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5082&lon=-88.4071&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9508W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9508W-1974-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,326 total, 260 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74AM040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731107040659A

## Narrative

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

NON INST RATED PLT ON IFR FLT PLAN.

## 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 MIA74AM040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM040), Nov 7, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N9508W), Columbus, MS, destroyed, 1 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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