# Accident 19730720032839A: Piper PA28180, Eden Prairie, MN, July 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1973
- Place: Eden Prairie, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 44.8275° N, 93.4586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING CLOUD (FCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8275&lon=-93.4586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8378W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8378W-2008-06-19) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 43 total, 3 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74DER02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DER02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730720032839A

## Narrative

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

WND GUSTING 18K.

## 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 MKC74DER02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DER02), Jul 20, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N8378W), Eden Prairie, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8378W (1)

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

- [Accident 20030616011389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030616011389A), Jun 16, 2003: Piper PA28180 (N8378W), Ocean Springs, MS, Substantial damage. (-23) After takeoff aircraft lost power pilot made emergency landing in marsh area.

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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