# Accident 19740905032179A: Piper PA28140, Elgin, IL, September 5, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1974
- Place: Elgin, IL
- Airport: Elgin
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 42.0372° N, 88.2812° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elgin, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0372&lon=-88.2812&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1403T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1403T-1975-05-06) (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: 28 total, 28 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75FEE19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEE19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740905032179A

## Narrative

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

INITIATED GO-AROUND AFTR BALLOONED LDG.

## 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 CHI75FEE19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEE19), Sep 5, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N1403T), Elgin, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1403T (1)

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

- [Accident 19730107000509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730107000509A), Jan 7, 1973: Piper PA28140 (N1403T), Elgin, IL, Substantial damage. Hit PA-30,N8366Y,and PA-24,N5812P,both substantial dmg.

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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