# Accident 19731201040759A: Piper PA28180, Cuba, MO, December 1, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 1973
- Place: Cuba, MO
- Airport: Flutterbugs Roost
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 38.0671° N, 91.4057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cuba, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0671&lon=-91.4057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6554J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6554J-1974-02-12) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 68 total, 68 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74AK029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731201040759A

## Narrative

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

40DEG FLAP TKOF,DRIFTED INTO WIRES.CONTINUED 3/4MI NORTH.APCH TO OPEN FIELD.

## 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 MKC74AK029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK029), Dec 1, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N6554J), Cuba, MO, destroyed, 1 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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