# Accident 19731203041909A: Piper PA12, Skaneateles, NY, December 3, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1973
- Place: Skaneateles, NY
- Airport: Empire Aero
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 42.9473° N, 76.4285° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Skaneateles, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9473&lon=-76.4285&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2999M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 869 total, 447 in this make and model, 112 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74DFJ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74DFJ19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731203041909A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 NYC74DFJ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74DFJ19), Dec 3, 1973: Piper PA-12 (N2999M), Skaneateles, NY, 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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