# Accident 19731124038709A: Piper PA28R200, Gila Bend, AZ, November 24, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 1973
- Place: Gila Bend, AZ
- Airport: Gila Bend Municipal.
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 32.9602° N, 112.6736° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILA BEND MUNI (E63), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9602&lon=-112.6736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4995S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4995S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 173 total, 33 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74DUJ36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74DUJ36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731124038709A

## Narrative

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

GUSTING TO 35K.

## 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 LAX74DUJ36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74DUJ36), Nov 24, 1973: Piper PA-28R (N4995S), Gila Bend, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4995S (2)

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

- [Incident 19990531022559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990531022559I), May 31, 1999: Piper PA28R200 (N4995S), Chicago Heights, IL, Minor damage. (-5)Mr. Mcdermott flew from dayton, Ohio to griffith, IN. Under an istrument flight plan. Approaching the Chicago area the engine quit. Mr. Dermott declared…
- [Incident 19890901049199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890901049199I), Sep 1, 1989: Piper PA28R200 (N4995S), Santa Rosa, CA, Minor damage. Emergency landing at airport due to oil leak. Elbow connecting propeller governor tube to engine had broken.

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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