# Accident 19740316005949A: Piper PA23250, Meadville, PA, March 16, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1974
- Place: Meadville, PA
- Airport: Port Meadville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 41.6265° N, 80.2147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORT MEADVILLE (GKJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6265&lon=-80.2147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5676Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5676Y-1988-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 702 total, 485 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FGM20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FGM20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740316005949A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO STOP ON SLUSHY RUNWAY HYDROPLANED TURNED ACFT OFF RWY HIT DITCH.

## 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 NYC74FGM20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FGM20), Mar 16, 1974: Piper PA-23 (N5676Y), Meadville, PA, 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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