# Accident 19730824024419A: Piper PA28140, Somerville, TN, August 24, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1973
- Place: Somerville, TN
- Airport: Somerville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 35.2322° N, 89.3756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Somerville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2322&lon=-89.3756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7503R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7503R) (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: 800 total, 70 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74DLT06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DLT06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730824024419A

## Narrative

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

STRIP MARGINAL DUE ROUGH COND & LENGTH. RAN OFF END INTO TREES & FENCE.

## 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 IAD74DLT06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DLT06), Aug 24, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N7503R), Somerville, TN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7503R (1)

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

- [Accident 19811008065859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811008065859A), Oct 8, 1981: Piper PA28140 (N7503R), Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, Substantial damage. On departure form short field hit fence post off end runway. No engine defects. Short strip, premature liftoff.

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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