# Accident 19740502011909A: Piper PA30, Deer Island, OR, May 2, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1974
- Place: Deer Island, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 45.9330° N, 122.8498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Deer Island, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9330&lon=-122.8498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7743Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7743Y-1974-06-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,310 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74AS042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740502011909A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OBSRVD LOW,TREE-TOP HEIGHT,& VERY FAST.INITIAL IMPACT WITH TELFON POLE.BLOOD ALC LVL 211MG .

## 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 SEA74AS042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS042), May 2, 1974: Piper PA-30 (N7743Y), Deer Island, OR, destroyed, 1 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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