# NTSB NYC74AN042: Piper PA-28, Allagash, ME, August 25, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 25, 1973
- Place: Allagash, ME · ALLAGASH, ME
- Location: 47.0834° N, 69.0412° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Allagash, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0834&lon=-69.0412&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 12, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 188731
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC74AN042
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN042

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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E-0021  73/8/25    ALLAGASH,ME         PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE
        TIME - UNK/NR                  CF-TEN              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  51, 96 TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MONT JOLI,CAN               QUEBEC CITY,CAN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- RECOVERED FROM DENSE WOODS 11/12/73. PLT BECAME LOST ON PRIOR FLT THAT DAY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: CF-TEN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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