# Accident 19730906027579A: Piper PA28140, Madera, CA, September 6, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1973
- Place: Madera, CA
- Airport: Madera Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 36.9886° N, 120.1124° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MADERA MUNI (MAE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9886&lon=-120.1124&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98287, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98287-2014-12-22) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 104 total, 44 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74DVA19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74DVA19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730906027579A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 OAK74DVA19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74DVA19), Sep 6, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N98287), Madera, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N98287 (1)

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

- [Accident 20031209033619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031209033619A), Dec 9, 2003: Piper PA28140 (N98287), Livingston, TX, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. (-23) Eyewitness report and evidence at the scene shows that the PA-28-140 impacted a 75 foot tall tree on the centerline of the runway just 2,640 feet from…

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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