# Accident 19731121037329A: Piper PA24, Dupont, PA, November 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1973
- Place: Dupont, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 41.3238° N, 75.7419° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dupont, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3238&lon=-75.7419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8149P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8149P-1974-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74AN047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731121037329A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO OBSCURED MTN RIDGE. RECOVERY DATE 11/23/73.

## 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 NYC74AN047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN047), Nov 21, 1973: Piper PA-24 (N8149P), Dupont, PA, 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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