# Accident 19740428010159A: Piper PA32300, Lock Haven, PA, April 28, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1974
- Place: Lock Haven, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 41.1371° N, 77.4532° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lock Haven, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1371&lon=-77.4532&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1428S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1428S-2015-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,052 total, 454 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FGT19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FGT19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740428010159A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWER LINES STRUNG ACROSS SUSQUEHANNA RIVER.LINES WERE 100 FT ABOVE RIVER SURFACE.

## 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 NYC74FGT19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FGT19), Apr 28, 1974: Piper PA-32 (N1428S), Lock Haven, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1428S (1)

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

- [Incident 19840727045029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840727045029I), Jul 27, 1984: Piper PA32300 (N1428S), Decatur, IL, Minor damage. Vibration en route. Landed at destination.8 inches of one propeller blade had broken off from foreign object damage.

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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