# Accident 19740408013389A: Piper PA14, Mcgrath, AK, April 8, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1974
- Place: Mcgrath, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 62.9564° N, 155.5958° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McGrath, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.9564&lon=-155.5958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4241H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4241H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-14 (registry code 7101402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA14
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,327 total, 17 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74DAG96](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG96) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740408013389A

## Narrative

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

PILOT FAILED TO SELECT PROPER FUEL TANK.HE KNEW SELECTOR PLACARD WAS MISSING.

## 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 ANC74DAG96](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG96), Apr 8, 1974: Piper PA-14 (N4241H), Mcgrath, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4241H (1)

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

- [Accident 20040901024459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040901024459A), Sep 1, 2004: Piper PA14 (N4241H), Cordova, AK, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was apparently hurrying to exit the runway prior to the arrival of an Alaska airlines jet. When the pilot turned onto the taxiway, he was blinded…

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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