# Accident 19740411012489A: Piper 601SMITH, La Grande, OR, April 11, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1974
- Place: La Grande, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 45.3240° N, 118.0855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Grande, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3240&lon=-118.0855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7474S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7474S-1975-06-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 601 (registry code 8360606, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-601) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER 601SMITH
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 8,884 total, 244 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74AS038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740411012489A

## Narrative

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

FLYING AT LO LVL BLO CLOUDS IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.HIT PWR LINES.

## 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 SEA74AS038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS038), Apr 11, 1974: Aerostar 601 (N7474S), La Grande, OR, destroyed, 3 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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