# Accident 19730112000879A: Piper PA32300, Racine, WI, January 12, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 1973
- Place: Racine, WI
- Airport: Racine Horlick
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 42.7256° N, 87.8142° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Racine, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7256&lon=-87.8142&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4191R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 730 total, 179 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73FEP35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEP35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730112000879A

## Narrative

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

TAXIING ONTO RWY FOR NITE TKOF,SAW LDG LIGHT,THOUGHT ACFT ON SHORT FNL.TAXIED OFF RWY,DWN EMBNKMNT

## 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 CHI73FEP35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEP35), Jan 12, 1973: Piper PA-32 (N4191R), Racine, WI, substantial damage

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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