# Accident 19730428009949A: Piper PA28140, Eden, NC, April 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1973
- Place: Eden, NC
- Airport: Tri-City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 36.5030° N, 79.7400° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eden, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5030&lon=-79.7400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6155W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6155W-1997-02-12) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 61 total, 61 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD73DKM36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73DKM36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730428009949A

## Narrative

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

DRG ATMT AVOID MUDDY AREA ON RWY,TURNED ACFT,ROLLED OFF RWY.HIT RUT,TURNED 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 IAD73DKM36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73DKM36), Apr 28, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N6155W), Eden, NC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6155W (1)

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

- [Incident 19940325013289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940325013289I), Mar 25, 1994: Piper PA28140 (N6155W), Sutton, WV, Minor damage. Pilot too low on final. Applied power. Engine did not respond. Landed in field short of runway. Suspect carbertor I

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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