# Accident 19750809024399A: Piper PA16, Lake Village, IN, August 9, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1975
- Place: Lake Village, IN
- Airport: Lake Village
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 41.1500° N, 87.4625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE VILLAGE (C98), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1500&lon=-87.4625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5298H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5298H-1978-03-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-16 (registry code 7101602, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA16
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 776 total, 677 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FET05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FET05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750809024399A

## 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 CHI76FET05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FET05), Aug 9, 1975: Piper PA-16 (N5298H), Lake Village, IN, substantial damage

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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