# Accident 19740324009269A: Piper PA30, Aspen, CO, March 24, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1974
- Place: Aspen, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 39.1952° N, 106.8368° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aspen, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1952&lon=-106.8368&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8269Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8269Y-1975-06-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74AD047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74AD047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740324009269A

## Narrative

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

IFR FLT PLAN NOT YET ACTIVATED.DA 10000FT.OVR TKOF WT 323LB.PLT TIME TO 6/15/72.RCVRD 7/7/74.

## 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 DEN74AD047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74AD047), Mar 24, 1974: Piper PA-30A (N8269Y), Aspen, CO, destroyed, 5 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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