# Accident 19740522026669A: Piper PA23250, Cove Point, MD, May 22, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1974
- Place: Cove Point, MD
- Airport: Chesapeake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 38.3812° N, 76.3888° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cove Point, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3812&lon=-76.3888&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40592, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40592) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,830 total, 320 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74AI062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740522026669A

## Narrative

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

NOTIFICATION RCVD 2 DAYS AFTR ACDT.L BRAKE LINE B NUT LOOSE.UN DTRMN WHEN OCRD.BRAKE MARKS ON RWY.

## 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 IAD74AI062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI062), May 22, 1974: Piper PA-23 (N40592), Cove Point, MD, substantial damage

## Other reports on N40592 (1)

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

- [Incident 19980427013799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980427013799I), Apr 27, 1998: Piper PA23250 (N40592), Rochester, NY. Narrative: on April 27, 1998, at 2322EST, a Piper, N40592, PA-23-250, s/n 27-7405337, registered to bill law aviation inc., while enroute to syracuse, NY…

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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