# Accident 19730714025399A: Piper PA28180, Tampa, FL, July 14, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1973
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Peter O Knight
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 27.9154° N, 82.4494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PETER O KNIGHT (TPF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9154&lon=-82.4494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3682R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3682R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 3 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74FLD16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FLD16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730714025399A

## Narrative

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

APCHG TSTM HI DRG LVL OFF LWRD NOSE HIT ON GR BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES.

## 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 MIA74FLD16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FLD16), Jul 14, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N3682R), Tampa, FL, 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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