# Accident 19730510014029A: Piper PA28140, Akron, OH, May 10, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1973
- Place: Akron, OH
- Airport: Akron Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 41.0814° N, 81.5190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Akron, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0814&lon=-81.5190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8449R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8449R-1983-05-05) (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: 2,090 total, 600 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73FEI39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEI39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730510014029A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 CHI73FEI39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEI39), May 10, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N8449R), Akron, OH, 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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