# Accident 19730817033551A: Piper PA28140, Batavia, OH, August 17, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1973
- Place: Batavia, OH
- Airport: Clermont County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 39.0784° N, 84.2102° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLERMONT COUNTY (I69), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0784&lon=-84.2102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55524, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55524-1984-01-13) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 81 total, 27 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74AC014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730817033551A

## Narrative

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

N55524 TURNING FROM BASE LEG TO FINAL APCH. PLT RET TO HOME BASE & LND OK.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N15897, Piper PA28140: [Accident 19730817033552A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730817033552A)

## 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 CHI74AC014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC014), Aug 17, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N55524), Batavia, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N55524 (1)

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

- [Accident 19760508019659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760508019659A), May 8, 1976: Piper PA28140 (N55524), Hawley, MN, Substantial damage. Arpt unattended,wind gusting 20K.

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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