# Accident 19740429011779A: Piper PA30, Louisville, KY, April 29, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1974
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8172Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8172Y) (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: 19,800 total, 1,441 in this make and model, 186 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74FLQ28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FLQ28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740429011779A

## Narrative

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

ON DUTY 0700 ACDT 1921 CST.

## 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 IAD74FLQ28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FLQ28), Apr 29, 1974: Piper PA-30 (N8172Y), Louisville, KY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8172Y (3)

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

- [Incident 20011221036019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011221036019I), Dec 21, 2001: Piper PA30 (N8172Y), Cincinnati, OH, Minor damage. (-23) Upon landing this PA-30 aircraft at Blue ash airport, Blue ash, Ohio, the landing gear retracted and the aircraft slid to a stop with only minor damage…
- [Incident 19811221088659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811221088659I), Dec 21, 1981: Piper PA30 (N8172Y), Greeley, CO, Minor damage. Maintenance test hop. Low battery. Used force to manually extend gear. Gear collapsed landing. Improper maintenance
- [Accident 19800624023479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800624023479A), Jun 24, 1980: Piper PA30 (N8172Y), Elbert, CO, Substantial damage. One engine malfunctioned during takeoff causing loss of control, resulting in crash.

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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