# Accident 19730422009139A: Piper PA28R200, Aledo, IL, April 22, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 1973
- Place: Aledo, IL
- Airport: Mercer County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 41.2487° N, 90.7372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERCER COUNTY (IL09), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2487&lon=-90.7372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7727N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7727N-1973-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 185 total, 141 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73AC084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73AC084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730422009139A

## Narrative

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

ACFT DRIFTED TO R OF RWY.PLT ATTEMPTED GO ARND,ACFT TURNED R & SETTLED INTO TREE.GUSTING TO 25K.

## 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 CHI73AC084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73AC084), Apr 22, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N7727N), Aledo, IL, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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