# Accident 19731120038659A: Piper PA28180, Wilmington, DE, November 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1973
- Place: Wilmington, DE
- Airport: Greater Wilmingtn
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 39.7357° N, 75.5321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7357&lon=-75.5321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55598, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55598) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 92 total, 3 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74FHD12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FHD12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731120038659A

## Narrative

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

AFTR T/D 2300FT RWY REMAINED UN STOP ROLLED BEYOND END HIT LOCALIZER ANTENNA GUY WIRE ANCHOR.

## 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 IAD74FHD12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FHD12), Nov 20, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N55598), Wilmington, DE, substantial damage

## Other reports on N55598 (2)

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

- [Incident 19890517031169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890517031169I), May 17, 1989: Piper PA28180 (N55598), Lake City, MI, Minor damage. Pilot landed long on a sod runway and ran off the end of the runway. Minor damage to aircraft.
- [Accident 19760424011019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760424011019A), Apr 24, 1976: Piper PA28180 (N55598), Catawba, SC, Substantial damage. Collided WI storage tanks.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.