# Accident 19731227042259A: Piper PA31P, Walla Walla, WA, December 27, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1973
- Place: Walla Walla, WA
- Airport: Walla Walla County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 46.0925° N, 118.2841° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WALLA WALLA RGNL (ALW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0925&lon=-118.2841&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66798, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66798-1974-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31P (registry code 7103120, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 529 in this make and model, 104 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74AS027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731227042259A

## Narrative

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

DESCENT BELOW MDA.NIGHT IFR APCH.SINGLE PILOTED ACFT.

## 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 SEA74AS027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS027), Dec 27, 1973: Piper PA-31 (N66798), Walla Walla, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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