# Accident 19760724023579A: Piper PA28140, Sturtevant, WI, July 24, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1976
- Place: Sturtevant, WI
- Airport: Sylvania
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 42.7032° N, 87.9590° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SYLVANIA (C89), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7032&lon=-87.9590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44553, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44553) (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: 25 total, 19 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FEP39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEP39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760724023579A

## Narrative

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

OVR RWY,PLT BECAME AWARE OF OTR ACFT,INITIATED AN IMMEDIATE L TURN,LOST CTL.

## 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 CHI76FEP39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEP39), Jul 24, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N44553), Sturtevant, WI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N44553 (1)

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

- [Accident 19781003037559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781003037559A), Oct 3, 1978: Piper PA28140 (N44553), Elgin, IL, Substantial damage. Right brake lining excessively worn due to rusted and pitted braksc.

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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