# Accident 19730731025249A: Piper PA32260, Vandalia, OH, July 31, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1973
- Place: Vandalia, OH
- Airport: Dayton Mun
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 39.8790° N, 84.1922° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vandalia, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8790&lon=-84.1922&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4740S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4740S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 234 total, 23 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74DEG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74DEG04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730731025249A

## Narrative

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

LNDD ADJ TO GRASS STRIP ROLLED INTO AREA WHERE THE TAXIWAY HAD BEEN BKN BY AIR HAMMERS.

## 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 CHI74DEG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74DEG04), Jul 31, 1973: Piper PA-32 (N4740S), Vandalia, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4740S (1)

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

- [Accident 19821017055789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821017055789A), Oct 17, 1982: Piper PA32260 (N4740S), Vandalia, OH, Substantial damage. Engine quit on takeoff climb to cruise. No fuel in left main and no fuel in carburetor. Selector on right tank.

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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