# Accident 19750405008699A: Piper PA28140, Ann Arbor, MI, April 5, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1975
- Place: Ann Arbor, MI
- Airport: Ann Arbor Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 42.2229° N, 83.7457° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANN ARBOR MUNI (ARB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2229&lon=-83.7457&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55656, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55656) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,340 total, 800 in this make and model, 248 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75FEC43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEC43) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750405008699A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 CHI75FEC43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEC43), Apr 5, 1975: Piper PA-28 (N55656), Ann Arbor, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N55656 (3)

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

- [Incident 19990320018349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990320018349I), Mar 20, 1999: Piper PA28140 (N55656), York, NE, Minor damage. Student pilot practicing landings on grass runway landed hard causing nose strut to break and bend aft resulting in minor damage to aircraft and no injuries to…
- [Incident 19950424015289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950424015289I), Apr 24, 1995: Piper PA28140 (N55656), Adrian, MI, Minor damage. Narrative: during take-off roll on runway 5, the aircraft veered off the runway and struck a taxi sign. The aircraft received minor damage. The pilot and…
- [Accident 19760212002839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760212002839A), Feb 12, 1976: Piper PA28140 (N55656), Ann Arbor, MI, Substantial damage. Plt not wearing shoulder harness installed in acft struck ctl wheel broke nose.

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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