# Accident 19730728024329A: Piper PA22160, Hartford City, IN, July 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1973
- Place: Hartford City, IN
- Airport: Minneman
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 40.4184° N, 85.3555° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Minneman Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4184&lon=-85.3555&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3033Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3033Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 590 total, 186 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74FEA06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEA06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730728024329A

## Narrative

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

FWD MAIN CRANKSHAFT BEARING GALLED FOR UNK REASON. LND IN CORN FLD.

## 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 CHI74FEA06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEA06), Jul 28, 1973: Piper PA-22 (N3033Z), Hartford City, 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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