# Accident 19740106000609A: Piper J3C65, Sumter, SC, January 6, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1974
- Place: Sumter, SC
- Airport: Lee Strip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 33.9204° N, 80.3415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sumter, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9204&lon=-80.3415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98000 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 160 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74FLG18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FLG18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740106000609A

## Narrative

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

AT END OF STRIP PLT PULLED NOSE OF ACFT STRAIGHT UP.

## 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 MIA74FLG18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FLG18), Jan 6, 1974: Piper J-3C (N98000), Sumter, SC, destroyed

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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