# Accident 19730513013589A: Piper PA12, Davenport, IA, May 13, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 1973
- Place: Davenport, IA
- Airport: Davenport Mun
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 41.6103° N, 90.5884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVENPORT MUNI (DVN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6103&lon=-90.5884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4014M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4014M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 920 total, 847 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC73DCD66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DCD66) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730513013589A

## Narrative

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

R BRAKE DIAPHRAM RUPTURED,BRAKE FAILED.HIT CESSNA N4014N,CESSNA N19749 BOTH SUB DMGD.GUSTING COND.

## 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 MKC73DCD66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DCD66), May 13, 1973: Piper PA-12 (N4014M), Davenport, IA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4014M (1)

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

- [Accident 20250814013299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250814013299A), Aug 14, 2025: Piper PA-12 (N4014M), Inverness, FL, Substantial damage. Shortly after initiating a departure roll on rwy 19 at inf the pilot lost control of the aircraft, veered left and exited the runway at full power. He then…

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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