19740114002249A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-30 · Decatur, AL · January 14, 1974

Date
January 14, 1974
Place
Decatur, AL
Airport
Pryor Field
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7739Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA74DKJ44
Reported as
Piper PA30
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total1,200 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Inadvertent dscnt blo mda. Hit telephone wires and powerline aprx 1/4 mi ssw of rwy.

As the FAA filed it

INADVERTENT DSCNT BLO MDA.HIT TELEPHONE WIRES AND POWERLINE APRX 1/4 MI SSW OF RWY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.