# Accident 19740116005839A: Piper PA28R200, Waleska, GA, January 16, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1974
- Place: Waleska, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 34.3163° N, 84.5426° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waleska, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3163&lon=-84.5426&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40940, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40940-1974-04-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,800 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74AM060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740116005839A

## Narrative

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

WRECKAGE RCVRD 2/25/74.NO WX BRIEF AT COVINGTON.

## 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 MIA74AM060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM060), Jan 16, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N40940), Waleska, GA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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