# Accident 19731123041679A: Piper PA28180, Delavan, WI, November 23, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1973
- Place: Delavan, WI
- Airport: Lake Lawn Lodge
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 42.6302° N, 88.6306° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Delavan, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6302&lon=-88.6306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16327, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16327-1974-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 261 total, 0 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74AC043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731123041679A

## Narrative

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

60FT TREES APCH PATH RWY 18.ARPT OPEN,NITE OPS. PERSONNEL-FAA INADEQUATE OBST CLNC GUIDANCE

## 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 CHI74AC043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC043), Nov 23, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N16327), Delavan, WI, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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