# Accident 19740128002849A: Piper PA28140, Winger, MN, January 28, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1974
- Place: Winger, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 47.5363° N, 95.9860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winger, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5363&lon=-95.9860&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5290S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5290S-1974-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 73 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74AK042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740128002849A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS IN STEEP NOSE DWN R WING LOW ATTITUDE AT TIME OF CRASH.

## 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 MKC74AK042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK042), Jan 28, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N5290S), Winger, MN, destroyed, 4 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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