# Accident 19730525013479A: Piper PA28140, Culver, IN, May 25, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1973
- Place: Culver, IN
- Airport: Fleet Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 41.2209° N, 86.3837° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Fleet Field, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2209&lon=-86.3837&mi=10
- Aircraft: N576FL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N576FL) (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: 1,528 total, 357 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73DET21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73DET21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730525013479A

## Narrative

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

LNDD AT NIGHT ON UNLIGHTED RWY.USING REFLECTORS FOR VISUAL ALIGNMENT.

## 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 CHI73DET21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73DET21), May 25, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N576FL), Culver, IN, 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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