# Accident 19740408013029A: Piper PA28R200, Maysville, WV, April 8, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1974
- Place: Maysville, WV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 39.1151° N, 79.1648° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Maysville, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1151&lon=-79.1648&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41953, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41953-1974-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 165 total, 165 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74AI056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740408013029A

## Narrative

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

WX OVCST WITH CLDS OBSCURING MTN TOPS.ACFT HIT MTN BLO TOP AT 3760FT LVL.

## 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 IAD74AI056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI056), Apr 8, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N41953), Maysville, WV, destroyed, 2 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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