# Accident 19731223039899A: Piper PA23, Reading, PA, December 23, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1973
- Place: Reading, PA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Sfl Go Around
- Location: 40.3392° N, 75.9263° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reading, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3392&lon=-75.9263&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1478P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1478P-1975-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 69 in this make and model, 172 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FHA22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHA22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731223039899A

## Narrative

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

PLT CHANGED FREQ TO 121.9 BEFORE TWR COMPLTD CHANGE TO 125.15.

## 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 NYC74FHA22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHA22), Dec 23, 1973: Piper PA-23 (N1478P), Reading, PA, destroyed

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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