# Accident 19740101001139A: Piper PA30, Charleston, SC, January 1, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 1974
- Place: Charleston, SC
- Airport: Charleston Mun
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 32.8962° N, 80.0382° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Charleston International Airport (CHS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8962&lon=-80.0382&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8546Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8546Y-1974-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 568 total, 68 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74AM053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740101001139A

## Narrative

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

ACFT TURNED R TO FINAL COURSE STARTED STEEP DSCNT CONT TILL ACFT DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR.

## 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 MIA74AM053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM053), Jan 1, 1974: Piper PA-30 (N8546Y), Charleston, SC, 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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