# Accident 19740114002249A: Piper PA30, Decatur, AL, January 14, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 1974
- Place: Decatur, AL
- Airport: Pryor Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 34.6541° N, 86.9454° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PRYOR FLD RGNL (DCU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6541&lon=-86.9454&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7739Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7739Y-2013-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74DKJ44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKJ44) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740114002249A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 MIA74DKJ44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKJ44), Jan 14, 1974: Piper PA-30 (N7739Y), Decatur, AL, substantial damage

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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