# Accident 19730821024029A: Piper PA28180, Salisbury, NC, August 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1973
- Place: Salisbury, NC
- Airport: Rowan County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Traffic Pattern
- Location: 35.6651° N, 80.4919° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salisbury, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6651&lon=-80.4919&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8163W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8163W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 405 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74DKM14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DKM14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730821024029A

## Narrative

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

SIMULATED FORCED LDG. STUDENT LND HARD TO L OF RWY. GR FAILED.

## 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 IAD74DKM14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DKM14), Aug 21, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N8163W), Salisbury, NC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8163W (1)

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

- [Incident 20060101000109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060101000109I), Jan 1, 2006: Piper PA28180 (N8163W), Harrisonville, MO, Minor damage. (-23) During landing on runway 18 at Harrisonville, MO airport. (Lry), a small doe jumped in front of the airplane and struck the right inboard wing. Minor…

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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