# Accident 19750406008719A: Piper PA28140, Bay City, MI, April 6, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1975
- Place: Bay City, MI
- Airport: James Clements
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 43.5469° N, 83.8955° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JAMES CLEMENTS MUNI (3CM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5469&lon=-83.8955&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8304R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8304R) (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: 193 total, 125 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75DEM34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75DEM34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750406008719A

## Narrative

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

PARKING BRAKE IN FIRST LATCH POSITION.

## 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 CHI75DEM34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75DEM34), Apr 6, 1975: Piper PA-28 (N8304R), Bay City, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8304R (1)

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

- [Accident 19830213014599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830213014599A), Feb 13, 1983: Piper PA28140 (N8304R), Harrisville, MI, Substantial damage. Aircraft collided with a chunk of frozen snow while landing on a snow covered runway.

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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