# NTSB NYC73AN130: Piper PA-28, N8076N, Missing Aircraft, March 31, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 31, 1973
- Place: Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 1, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 163185
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC73AN130
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN130

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0512  73/3/31    MISSING AIRCRAFT    PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 30, 95 TOTAL
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N8076N              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 80 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          AMITYVILLE,NY               LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- ACFT DMG AND INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8076N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8076N-1974-04-24), registration cancelled 1974-04-24, S/N 28-25327 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19730331008739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730331008739A), Mar 31, 1973: Piper PA28140, Missing Aircraf, NY. Acft dmg and injury index presumed.

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.

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