# Accident 19740305004919A: Piper PA28180, Troy, NC, March 5, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 1974
- Place: Troy, NC
- Airport: Batten
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 35.3642° N, 79.8929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Troy, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3642&lon=-79.8929&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8217W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8217W-1975-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 322 total, 7 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74DKM42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DKM42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740305004919A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTING 22K. FLEW UNDER WIRES,UN TO CLEAR TREES.

## 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 IAD74DKM42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DKM42), Mar 5, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N8217W), Troy, NC, 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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