# Accident 19750906041681A: Piper PA28140, Orland Park, IL, September 6, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1975
- Place: Orland Park, IL
- Airport: Howell
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 41.6081° N, 87.8593° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orland Park, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6081&lon=-87.8593&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5968U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5968U-1976-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 157 total, 157 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76AC022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750906041681A

## Narrative

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

ACFT FLYING STRAIGHT AND LEVEL.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N66001, Cessna 150L: [Accident 19750906041682A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750906041682A)

## 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 CHI76AC022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC022), Sep 6, 1975: Piper PA-28 (N5968U), Orland Park, IL, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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