# Accident 19730829028689A: Piper PA32260, Chipley, FL, August 29, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 1973
- Place: Chipley, FL
- Airport: Chipley Mun
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 30.7756° N, 85.5400° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chipley, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7756&lon=-85.5400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5587J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5587J-1991-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 100 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74DLA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DLA11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730829028689A

## Narrative

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

LNDD IN CORN FLD HIT BARBED WIRE 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 MIA74DLA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DLA11), Aug 29, 1973: Piper PA-32 (N5587J), Chipley, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5587J (1)

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

- [Accident 19871206070759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871206070759A), Dec 6, 1987: Piper PA32260 (N5587J), Lagrange, GA, Destroyed, 4 fatal. Engine quit. Aircraft struck a highway overpass on forced landing. Improper maintenance included mags and carburetor

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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