# Accident 19731229039339A: Piper PA28140, Decatur, IL, December 29, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1973
- Place: Decatur, IL
- Airport: Decatur
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 39.8346° N, 88.8657° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DECATUR (DEC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8346&lon=-88.8657&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4770T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 127 total, 8 in this make and model, 127 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74DEV33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74DEV33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731229039339A

## Narrative

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

3FT HI SNO BANK ABT 15FT BFR RWY.PLT PLANNED SHORT APCH TO RWY 36 DRG LDG FLARE SAW SNO BANK.

## 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 CHI74DEV33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74DEV33), Dec 29, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N4770T), Decatur, 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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