# Accident 19730204002019A: Piper PA28180, Las Vegas, NM, February 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 1973
- Place: Las Vegas, NM
- Airport: Las Vegas Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 35.6542° N, 105.1424° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAS VEGAS MUNI (LVS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6542&lon=-105.1424&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5313L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 265 total, 75 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN73FQA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73FQA26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730204002019A

## Narrative

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

EXCEEDED XWIND COMPONENT OF ACFT.WIND GUSTY TO 30 KTS.LANDED RWY 20. PLT HAD CAST ON LEFT LEG

## 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 DEN73FQA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73FQA26), Feb 4, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N5313L), Las Vegas, NM, 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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