# Accident 19731220042029A: Piper J3C65, Aitkin, MN, December 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1973
- Place: Aitkin, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 46.5266° N, 93.7050° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aitkin, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5266&lon=-93.7050&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3322N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 203 total, 100 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74DER27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DER27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731220042029A

## Narrative

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

ACFT SVCD 100 OCTAINE FUEL EVENING BFR ACDT.PRIMER FOUND UNLOCKED,OAT -5 DEG.

## 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 MKC74DER27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DER27), Dec 20, 1973: Piper J-3 (N3322N), Aitkin, MN, 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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