# Accident 19730203001279A: Piper PA32260, Connersville, IN, February 3, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 1973
- Place: Connersville, IN
- Airport: Mettel
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 39.6982° N, 85.1311° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at METTEL FLD (CEV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6982&lon=-85.1311&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5546J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5546J-1974-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 397 total, 176 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73FEA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEA26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730203001279A

## Narrative

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

MECHANIC DID NOT PROPERLY SECURE OIL DRAIN PLUG.

## 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 CHI73FEA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEA26), Feb 3, 1973: Piper PA-32 (N5546J), Connersville, IN, 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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