# Accident 19750328007139A: Piper PA24, Middlefield, OH, March 28, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1975
- Place: Middlefield, OH
- Airport: Geauga
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Location: 41.4496° N, 81.0629° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GEAUGA COUNTY (7G8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4496&lon=-81.0629&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5486P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5486P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 174 total, 124 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75FEI40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEI40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750328007139A

## Narrative

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

ACFT NOT CHOCKED OR TIED DOWN.STRUCK CESSNA 172 N20345 SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 CHI75FEI40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEI40), Mar 28, 1975: Piper PA-24 (N5486P), Middlefield, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5486P (1)

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

- [Incident 19870511064309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870511064309I), May 11, 1987: Piper PA24 (N5486P), Central Square/, NY. Landed at the closed airport that had x markings on runway. Aircraft departed without identifying pilot.

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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