# Accident 19731215040089A: Piper PA22108, Edgewater, MD, December 15, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1973
- Place: Edgewater, MD
- Airport: Lee
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 38.9429° N, 76.5684° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEE (ANP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9429&lon=-76.5684&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5663Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5663Z-2013-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22108
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 49 total, 49 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74FIG18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FIG18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731215040089A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIR CTL FORCED ACFT INTO THE AIR ACFT CONT IN L TURN OVR PKD ACFT UNTIL GND CTCT.

## 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 IAD74FIG18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FIG18), Dec 15, 1973: Piper PA-22 (N5663Z), Edgewater, MD, 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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