# Accident 19740127001959A: Piper PA23160, Avon Park, FL, January 27, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1974
- Place: Avon Park, FL
- Airport: Avon Park Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 27.5897° N, 81.5073° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Avon Park, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5897&lon=-81.5073&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3450P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3450P-1988-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,143 total, 1,270 in this make and model, 117 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74FLD57](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FLD57) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740127001959A

## Narrative

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

PIPER P/N 19045-00 BKN FWD OF CTR BOLT THAT ATTACHES STRAPS HOLDING CYL ROD END TO DRAG LINK.

## 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 MIA74FLD57](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FLD57), Jan 27, 1974: Piper PA-23 (N3450P), Avon Park, FL, 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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