# Accident 19731205038349A: Piper PA28140, Douglas, AZ, December 5, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1973
- Place: Douglas, AZ
- Airport: Cochise College
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 31.3713° N, 109.6900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COCHISE COLLEGE (P03), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3713&lon=-109.6900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8858N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8858N-1975-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 45 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74DUJ39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74DUJ39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731205038349A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 LAX74DUJ39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74DUJ39), Dec 5, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N8858N), Douglas, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8858N (1)

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

- [Accident 19740711024969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740711024969A), Jul 11, 1974: Piper PA28140 (N8858N), Douglas, AZ, Substantial damage. No eng malfunction found.

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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