# Accident 19740426010549A: Piper PA30, Rapid City, SD, April 26, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1974
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Rapid City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 44.0453° N, 103.0574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAPID CITY RGNL (RAP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0453&lon=-103.0574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8127Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8127Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 200 in this make and model, 222 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74FTK14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74FTK14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740426010549A

## Narrative

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

LNDG GR JACK SCREW WAS SCREWED OUT 2 1/2 IN TOWARD RTRCT PSN.

## 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 MKC74FTK14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74FTK14), Apr 26, 1974: Piper PA-30 (N8127Y), Rapid City, SD, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8127Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19830222012729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830222012729I), Feb 22, 1983: Piper PA30 (N8127Y), Enterprise, UT. Both engines stopped when pilot switched to aux fuel tanks. Empty aux tanks were used for cloud seeding only.

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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