# Accident 19730812025489A: Piper PA28140, Elburn, IL, August 12, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1973
- Place: Elburn, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Cruise
- Location: 41.8860° N, 88.4609° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elburn, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8860&lon=-88.4609&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8863N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8863N-1976-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 878 total, 140 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74FEE12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEE12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730812025489A

## Narrative

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

SIMULATED FORCED LDG PRACTICE. 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 CHI74FEE12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEE12), Aug 12, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N8863N), Elburn, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8863N (1)

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

- [Accident 19760717022209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760717022209A), Jul 17, 1976: Piper PA28140 (N8863N), Carefree, AZ, 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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