# Accident 19730804024779A: Piper PA28140, Carson City, NV, August 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1973
- Place: Carson City, NV
- Airport: Carson City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 39.1923° N, 119.7326° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CARSON CITY (CXP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1923&lon=-119.7326&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7263J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7263J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,550 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74FXQ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FXQ04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730804024779A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTING 40K 0K.

## 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 OAK74FXQ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FXQ04), Aug 4, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N7263J), Carson City, NV, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7263J (2)

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

- [Accident 20140926019639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140926019639A), Sep 26, 2014: Piper PA-28-140 (N7263J), Ramona, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot reported the plane landed straight then leaned left as the left gear collapsed. Left wing touched surface followed by prop strike. After cutting the…
- [Accident 20050514009189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050514009189A), May 14, 2005: Piper PA28140 (N7263J), Puyallup, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) On may 14, 2005, about 1100AM, a Piper PA-28-140, N7263J, sustained substantial damage following a hard landing at Pierce county airport, Puyallup,…

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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