# Accident 19731212039439A: Piper PA28140, Chicago, IL, December 12, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 1973
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Midway
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5796F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5796F-2011-09-08) (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
- Reported engine: LYC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,376 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74FEE36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEE36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731212039439A

## Narrative

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

FRNT MN BRG,P/N 77044,FUSED TO CRNKSHFT MN BRG JOURNAL & REAR THRUST FLANGE-HIT TREES,PARKED CARS.

## 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 CHI74FEE36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEE36), Dec 12, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N5796F), Chicago, IL, substantial damage

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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