# Accident 19740407007729A: Piper PA32260, Aurora, IL, April 7, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1974
- Place: Aurora, IL
- Airport: Aurora
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 41.7719° N, 88.4757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AURORA MUNI (ARR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7719&lon=-88.4757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4894S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 18 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74FEE64](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEE64) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740407007729A

## Narrative

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

USED CARB HEAT TWICE IN FLT.DID NOT APPLY CARB HEAT DRG ENTRY TO TFC PATTERN.LGT RAIN AND SNOW.

## 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 CHI74FEE64](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEE64), Apr 7, 1974: Piper PA-32 (N4894S), Aurora, IL, 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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