# Accident 19731031032699A: Piper PA28140, Ashland, VA, October 31, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 1973
- Place: Ashland, VA
- Airport: Hanover County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 37.7089° N, 77.4366° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HANOVER COUNTY MUNI (OFP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7089&lon=-77.4366&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56083, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56083) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10 total, 10 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74FID19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FID19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731031032699A

## Narrative

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

LACK OF LNDG MANAUEVER PREPARATION.ACFT VEERED L,PROCEEDED ACROSS 48FT SHOULDER,HIT DITCH.

## 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 IAD74FID19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FID19), Oct 31, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N56083), Ashland, VA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N56083 (1)

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

- [Incident 19810705057539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810705057539I), Jul 5, 1981: Piper PA28140 (N56083), Chesterfield, VA, Minor damage. Student first solo bounced. Nose gear collapsed. Propeller tips damaged.

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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