# Accident 19730414008479A: Piper PA28140, Langhorne, PA, April 14, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1973
- Place: Langhorne, PA
- Airport: Buehl
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 40.1775° N, 74.9234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Langhorne, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1775&lon=-74.9234&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4897T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4897T-1981-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 39 total, 39 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73FHA21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73FHA21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730414008479A

## Narrative

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

HIGH APCH,DID NOT ADD PWR DRG GO-AROUND.SETTLED INTO WIRES.

## 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 NYC73FHA21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73FHA21), Apr 14, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N4897T), Langhorne, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4897T (1)

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

- [Accident 19790401007489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790401007489A), Apr 1, 1979: Piper PA28140 (N4897T), Allaire, NJ, Destroyed, 1 fatal. VFR pilot lost control of airplane in night instrument weather conditions.

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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