# Accident 19730524012909A: Piper PA32260, Portland, IN, May 24, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1973
- Place: Portland, IN
- Airport: Steed
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 40.4377° N, 84.9835° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Portland, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4377&lon=-84.9835&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3778W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3778W-1974-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,556 total, 700 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73AC091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73AC091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730524012909A

## Narrative

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

TAXIED INTO GAS PUMP 27 IN AGL.RAMP LTD,GAS PUMP WASNT.ACFT TAXI LTS WERE ON.

## 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 CHI73AC091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73AC091), May 24, 1973: Piper PA-32 (N3778W), Portland, IN, destroyed

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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