# Accident 19730710020049A: Piper PA24250, Louisville, KY, July 10, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1973
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5186P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5186P-2013-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 857 total, 4 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74FLQ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FLQ01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730710020049A

## Narrative

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

BOOK LODGED UNDER GR HANDLE,POPPED BREAKER,LWRD GR MANUALLY.GR STIFF PLT PUSHED HANDLE WITH FOOT.

## 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 IAD74FLQ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FLQ01), Jul 10, 1973: Piper PA-24 (N5186P), Louisville, KY, 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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