# Accident 19730928031779A: Piper PA24260, Wheatland, WY, September 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1973
- Place: Wheatland, WY
- Airport: Phiefer Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 42.0517° N, 104.9595° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wheatland, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0517&lon=-104.9595&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9412P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9412P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,999 total, 800 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74DTC17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74DTC17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730928031779A

## Narrative

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

HIT CESSNA 337,NO DMG.PLT LOOKD BACK TO CK CAR FOLLOWING ACFT.

## 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 DEN74DTC17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74DTC17), Sep 28, 1973: Piper PA-24 (N9412P), Wheatland, WY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9412P (1)

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

- [Incident 19810405037219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810405037219I), Apr 5, 1981: Piper PA24260 (N9412P), Philip, SD, Minor damage. Landing gear collapsed during rollout and turn on rutted surface. Found landing gear transmission plate failure.

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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