# Accident 19750316009879A: Piper PA24250, Cleveland, OH, March 16, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1975
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Cleveland Hopkins
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 41.4094° N, 81.8547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLEVELAND-HOPKINS INTL (CLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4094&lon=-81.8547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5778P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5778P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,380 total, 80 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75FEI38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEI38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750316009879A

## Narrative

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

STRUCTURAL DAMAGE DUE VORTEX TURBULENCE FROM B-727.

## 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 CHI75FEI38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEI38), Mar 16, 1975: Piper PA-24 (N5778P), Cleveland, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5778P (2)

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

- [Incident 20150411008059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150411008059I), Apr 11, 2015: Piper PA-24-250 (N5778P), Grand Prairie, TX, Minor damage. Airplane was going to take off but during roll out right gear collapsed and pilot steered the plane over to the grass median to limit the damage to the right…
- [Incident 19830103003449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830103003449I), Jan 3, 1983: Piper PA24250 (N5778P), Meridian, MS, Minor damage. Ran out of fuel and made an emergency landing in a field.

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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