# Accident 19731128039559A: Piper PA23250, Hanover, NH, November 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 1973
- Place: Hanover, NH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 43.7116° N, 72.2732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hanover, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7116&lon=-72.2732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13978, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13978-1974-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,947 total, 114 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74AN050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN050-201597) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731128039559A

## Narrative

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

MIN ALT AT FAF 2500FT MSL.HIT MTN 1800FT LVL INBOUND PRIOR TO FAF.

## 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 NYC74AN050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN050-201597), Nov 28, 1973: Piper PA-23 (N13978), Hanover, NH, 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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