# Accident 19730519012089A: Piper PA28140, Manassas, VA, May 19, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1973
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Manassas
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 38.7468° N, 77.4826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manassas, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7468&lon=-77.4826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5642U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5642U-2018-03-26) (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: 18 total, 17 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730519012089A

## Narrative

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

T/D ABT 15FT SHORT OF THRESHOLD,BOUNCED,THEN LOST CTL OF ACFT VEERED L HIT DITCH.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N5642U (1)

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

- [Incident 19850613030009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850613030009I), Jun 13, 1985: Piper PA28140 (N5642U), Lincoln, IL, Minor damage. Aircraft landed, started going sideways and ground looped.

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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