# Accident 19750826029059A: Piper PA23, Petersburg, VA, August 26, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1975
- Place: Petersburg, VA
- Airport: Petersburg Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 37.2047° N, 77.3924° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Petersburg, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2047&lon=-77.3924&mi=10
- Aircraft: N270X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,136 total, 902 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76FID06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FID06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750826029059A

## Narrative

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

ON DOWNWIND LEG FELT VIBRATION FEA R ENG.DID NOT GET SAFE GR INDCTN,WENT AROUND.UN CONT FLT.

## 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 IAD76FID06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FID06), Aug 26, 1975: Piper PA-23 (N270X), Petersburg, VA, 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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