# Accident 19740116001029A: Piper PA30, Morristown, TN, January 16, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1974
- Place: Morristown, TN
- Airport: Moore Morrell
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 36.2044° N, 83.3000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morristown, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2044&lon=-83.3000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8030Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8030Y) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 520 total, 400 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74FKW23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FKW23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740116001029A

## Narrative

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

LDG GR ELECTRIC MOTOR C.B. OPEN. WARNING HORN AND DN LITE INOP.

## 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 IAD74FKW23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FKW23), Jan 16, 1974: Piper PA-30 (N8030Y), Morristown, TN, 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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