# Accident 19730318006069A: Piper PA28180, Laporte, IN, March 18, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1973
- Place: Laporte, IN
- Airport: Laporte Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 41.5725° N, 86.7345° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LA PORTE MUNI (PPO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5725&lon=-86.7345&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9358J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9358J-1992-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 16 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73DET14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73DET14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730318006069A

## Narrative

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

R WHEEL ENCTRD DEEP SNOW ON UNPLOWED PART OF RWY,ACFT VEERED R HIT SNOW BANK AND NOSED OVR.

## 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 CHI73DET14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73DET14), Mar 18, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N9358J), Laporte, 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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