# Accident 19740122001879A: Piper PA28140, West Chester, PA, January 22, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 1974
- Place: West Chester, PA
- Airport: West Chester Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 39.9599° N, 75.6054° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Chester, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9599&lon=-75.6054&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56118, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56118-1991-07-08) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 60 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FHD27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHD27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740122001879A

## Narrative

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

TURF RWY SOFT AND MUDDY DUE SPRING THAWING.BECAME AIRBORNE ABT MID-FIELD THEN SETTLED BACK TO RWY.

## 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 NYC74FHD27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHD27), Jan 22, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N56118), West Chester, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N56118 (2)

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

- [Accident 19910525017469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910525017469A), May 25, 1991: Piper PA28140 (N56118), Flamingo, FL, Substantial damage. Engine lost power. Left wing severed by a tree on forced landing roll. NR3 exhaust valve had failed.
- [Accident 19790508019639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790508019639A), May 8, 1979: Piper PA28140 (N56118), Bridgeport, NJ, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost directional control of aircraft on landing roll. Veered off side of runway into a tree.

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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