# Accident 19731201040739A: Piper PA22, Valparaiso, NE, December 1, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 1973
- Place: Valparaiso, NE
- Airport: Benes
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 41.0801° N, 96.8336° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Valparaiso, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0801&lon=-96.8336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3323A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3323A-2021-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22 (registry code 7102202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 117 total, 117 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74FCJ18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74FCJ18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731201040739A

## Narrative

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

LOW APCH APLD PWR BUT ACFT T/D APRX 75FT SHORT OF RWY IN RUF SUMMER FALLOWED FLD.

## 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 MKC74FCJ18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74FCJ18), Dec 1, 1973: Piper PA-22 (N3323A), Valparaiso, NE, substantial damage

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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