# Accident 19740430013859A: Piper PA23250, North Elba, NY, April 30, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1974
- Place: North Elba, NY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 44.2434° N, 73.9543° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Elba, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2434&lon=-73.9543&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14TD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14TD-1975-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,610 total, 225 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74DFA30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74DFA30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740430013859A

## Narrative

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

ACCELERATED STALL DURING STEEP TURN TO AVOID GROUND COLLISION.INSECT CONTROL FLIGHT.

## 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 NYC74DFA30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74DFA30), Apr 30, 1974: Piper PA-23 (N14TD), North Elba, NY, destroyed

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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