# Accident 19740419016489A: Piper PA30, Champion, PA, April 19, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1974
- Place: Champion, PA
- Airport: Seven Springs
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 40.0100° N, 79.3219° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Seven Springs Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0100&lon=-79.3219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7296Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7296Y-1974-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 820 total, 29 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74AN092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740419016489A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFTS CLOCK STOPPED AT 1127 ACCIDENT SITE OBSCD BY CLDS AT THAT TIME.PLT ADVSD WOULD PUSH ON.

## 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 NYC74AN092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN092), Apr 19, 1974: Piper PA-30 (N7296Y), Champion, PA, 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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