# Accident 19730428009959A: Piper PA28140, Sturtevant, WI, April 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1973
- Place: Sturtevant, WI
- Airport: Sylvania Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 42.7032° N, 87.9590° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SYLVANIA (C89), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7032&lon=-87.9590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5024T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5024T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 288 total, 123 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73FEP51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEP51) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730428009959A

## Narrative

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

STABILIZER HIT CK LIST SIGN 20 FT FROM RWY EDGE. GUSTING TO 26K.

## 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 CHI73FEP51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEP51), Apr 28, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N5024T), Sturtevant, WI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5024T (1)

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

- [Incident 20080120010089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080120010089I), Jan 20, 2008: Piper PA28140 (N5024T), Mesa, AZ, No damage. (-23) N5024T, Piper PA-28-140, declared an emergency due to a fire shortly after departing rwy 22L, Falcon field, Mesa, AZ. Returned and landed on runway 4R at…

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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