# Accident 19740514018049A: Piper PA28R200, Fairbanks, AK, May 14, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1974
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 64.8378° N, 147.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8378&lon=-147.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55030, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55030) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 865 total, 11 in this make and model, 155 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74FAA33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74FAA33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740514018049A

## Narrative

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

IMPROPER OIL DRAIN VALVE INSTALLED.

## 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 ANC74FAA33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74FAA33), May 14, 1974: Piper PA-28R (N55030), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N55030 (5)

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

- [Accident 19900303003449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900303003449A), Mar 3, 1990: Piper PA28R200 (N55030), Greenwood/Wonde, IL, Substantial damage. Left main gear struck a tree on final. Damaged gear caused aircraft to veer off runway into snowbank on landing.
- [Incident 19870216033399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870216033399I), Feb 16, 1987: Piper PA28R200 (N55030), Grayslake, IL, Minor damage. Unsafe gear condition after touch and goes. Manual extension. Found main strut housing cracked, wing skin wrinkled.
- [Incident 19800219026719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800219026719I), Feb 19, 1980: Piper PA28R200 (N55030), Palmer, AK, Minor damage. Aircraft ballooned after touchdown, then made belly landing.
- [Incident 19790212006969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790212006969I), Feb 12, 1979: Piper PA28R200 (N55030), Birchwood, AK. Engine lost power after liftoff. Struck snowberm on landing. Fuel strainer had large amount of ice crystals.
- [Accident 19770914039409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770914039409A), Sep 14, 1977: Piper PA28R200 (N55030), Port Alsworth, AK, Substantial damage. Rnwy surface large rocks,loose gravel runway under construction

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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