# Accident 19750401015099A: Piper PA28180, Medina, OH, April 1, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1975
- Place: Medina, OH
- Airport: Freedom Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 41.1346° N, 81.8695° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Medina, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1346&lon=-81.8695&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55707, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55707-2007-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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 PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 486 total, 100 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75AC075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750401015099A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK 5/8 IN STATIC CABLE ABT 788FT SOUTH OF RWY THRESHOLD.POLES NOT LIGHTED,NO HI VIS MARKERS.

## 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 CHI75AC075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC075), Apr 1, 1975: Piper PA-28 (N55707), Medina, OH, substantial damage, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N55707 (1)

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

- [Accident 19731005034089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731005034089A), Oct 5, 1973: Piper PA28180 (N55707), Eglin, IL, Substantial damage. Hi sink rate main gr struck an embankment short of the rwy.

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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