# Accident 19731118040249A: Piper PA28140, Manchester, VT, November 18, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 1973
- Place: Manchester, VT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 43.1542° N, 73.0625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manchester, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1542&lon=-73.0625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9DC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9DC-1974-02-06) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 168 total, 4 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74AN044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731118040249A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO 60DEG SLOPE RISING TERRAIN.

## 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 NYC74AN044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN044), Nov 18, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N9DC), Manchester, VT, destroyed, 3 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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