# Accident 19740526015419A: Piper PA28180, Sac City, IA, May 26, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1974
- Place: Sac City, IA
- Airport: Sac City Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 42.3791° N, 94.9796° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAC CITY MUNI (SKI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3791&lon=-94.9796&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55128, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55128) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 313 total, 25 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74FCD35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74FCD35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740526015419A

## Narrative

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

FINAL APCH THROTTLE CAME LOOSE IN PLTS HAND.CARB THROTTLE ARM DISCONNECTED FM THROTTLE CTL.

## 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 MKC74FCD35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74FCD35), May 26, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N55128), Sac City, IA, substantial damage

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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