# Accident 19740116000579A: Piper PA30, Ithaca, NY, January 16, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1974
- Place: Ithaca, NY
- Airport: Tompkins County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 42.4439° N, 76.5031° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ithaca, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4439&lon=-76.5031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7345Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7345Y-1974-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 965 total, 179 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FFJ20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FFJ20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740116000579A

## Narrative

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

ALSTG 29.75IN,30.06IN SET IN ACFT.CALIBRATION TEST INDICATED ALT 130FT HIGH AT 1000FT MSL.

## 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 NYC74FFJ20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FFJ20), Jan 16, 1974: Piper PA-30 (N7345Y), Ithaca, NY, 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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