# Accident 19731110038589A: Piper PA39, Lake Como, FL, November 10, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 1973
- Place: Lake Como, FL
- Airport: Thunderbird Airpk
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 29.4839° N, 81.5729° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Como, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4839&lon=-81.5729&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8868Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8868Y-1976-06-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-39 (registry code 7103902, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-39) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA39
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 870 total, 38 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74DLA21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DLA21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731110038589A

## Narrative

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

AT ABT 7-8FT ABV RWY PLT RDCD PWR ACFT DROPPED IN ON R GR.WING DMGD.

## 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 MIA74DLA21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DLA21), Nov 10, 1973: Piper PA-39 (N8868Y), Lake Como, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8868Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19760121010869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760121010869A), Jan 21, 1976: Piper PA39 (N8868Y), Clover Lick, WV, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Recovered 1/29/76.

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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