# Accident 19740322006909A: Piper PA30, Hot Springs, AR, March 22, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1974
- Place: Hot Springs, AR
- Airport: Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 34.4780° N, 93.0962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEML FLD (HOT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4780&lon=-93.0962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8682Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8682Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74DPG50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DPG50) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740322006909A

## Narrative

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

BATT DEPLETED.USED 24V BOOST ON 12V SYS TO START.GENS INOP ON TKOF.DIDNT USE EMERG GR EXT SYS.

## 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 FTW74DPG50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DPG50), Mar 22, 1974: Piper PA-30 (N8682Y), Hot Springs, AR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8682Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20070306013619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070306013619I), Mar 6, 2007: Piper PA30 (N8682Y), Salome, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) On March 6, 2007, at approximately 0915 MST, N8682Y, a Piper PA-30, with the pilot [privacy data omitted] performing as pilot-in-command, landed gear up…

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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