# Accident 19820614022269A: Piper PA23160, Atlanta, GA, June 14, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1982, 16:49 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Peachtree Dekalb
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4072P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4072P-1983-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Reported engine: LYC O320B3B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 271 total, 16 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL82FA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820614022269A

## Narrative

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

LOUD NOISE IN RIGHT ENGINE. UNABLE TO FEATHER DUE TO BROKEN PROP BLADE CLAMP. MUSHED INTO TREES AND A RESIDENCE.

## 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 ATL82FA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FA163), Jun 14, 1982: Piper PA-23-160 (N4072P), Atlanta, GA, 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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