# Accident 19740406012449A: Piper PA24260, Macon, GA, April 6, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1974
- Place: Macon, GA
- Airport: Lewis B Wilson
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 32.8407° N, 83.6324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Macon, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8407&lon=-83.6324&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8973P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8973P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 520 total, 16 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74FKG69](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FKG69) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740406012449A

## Narrative

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

PLT CONTINUED FLT TO ANOTHER ARPT AFTER RNWY CONTACT WITH LNDG GR RETRACTED.

## 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 MIA74FKG69](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FKG69), Apr 6, 1974: Piper PA-24 (N8973P), Macon, GA, 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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