# Accident 19730903030299A: Piper PA28140, Panacea, FL, September 3, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1973
- Place: Panacea, FL
- Airport: Wakulla
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 29.9895° N, 84.3954° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAKULLA COUNTY (2J0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9895&lon=-84.3954&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5836U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5836U-1974-04-23) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 337 total, 116 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74FLA15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FLA15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730903030299A

## Narrative

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

TAKE OFF PERFORMANCE REDUCD BY TALL GRASS.ACFT MFG RECOMMENDS USE OF 25 DEG FLAPS SHORT FLD GRASS.

## 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 MIA74FLA15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FLA15), Sep 3, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N5836U), Panacea, FL, destroyed

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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