# Accident 19740104000039A: Piper PA28140, Dekalb, IL, January 4, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1974
- Place: Dekalb, IL
- Airport: Dekalb Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 41.9282° N, 88.7476° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeKalb, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9282&lon=-88.7476&mi=10
- Aircraft: N686FL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 29 total, 29 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74FEE46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEE46) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740104000039A

## 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 CHI74FEE46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEE46), Jan 4, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N686FL), Dekalb, 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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