# Accident 19730121000359A: Piper PA28180, Alamogordo, NM, January 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1973
- Place: Alamogordo, NM
- Airport: Alamogordo Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 32.8836° N, 105.9636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alamogordo, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8836&lon=-105.9636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6502J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6502J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 26 total, 26 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN73DQD14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73DQD14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730121000359A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 DEN73DQD14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73DQD14), Jan 21, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N6502J), Alamogordo, NM, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6502J (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19781127025869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781127025869I), Nov 27, 1978: Piper PA28/ (N6502J), Indian Mills, NJ, Minor damage. While being radar vectored for ILS aircraft had electrical failure. Made emergency landing in wheat field.

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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