# Accident 19730826025859A: Piper PA30, Lemars, IA, August 26, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1973
- Place: Lemars, IA
- Airport: Lemars Mun
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 42.7786° N, 96.1936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LE MARS MUNI (LRJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7786&lon=-96.1936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7516Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7516Y-2023-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 550 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74DCD10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DCD10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730826025859A

## Narrative

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

PLT INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GR INSTEAD OF FLAPS DURING LEVEL OFF.

## 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 MKC74DCD10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DCD10), Aug 26, 1973: Piper PA-30 (N7516Y), Lemars, IA, 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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