# Accident 19730426009169A: Piper PA28180, St.Charles, MO, April 26, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1973
- Place: St.Charles, MO
- Airport: St Charles
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 38.8487° N, 90.5001° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St Charles Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8487&lon=-90.5001&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8801J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 700 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC73DCA21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DCA21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730426009169A

## Narrative

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

HIT DRAINAGE DITCH.WIND GUSTING 22K.

## 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 MKC73DCA21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DCA21), Apr 26, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N8801J), St.Charles, MO, 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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