# Accident 19740529024079A: Piper PA28180, L'Anse, MI, May 29, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1974
- Place: L'Anse, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 46.7521° N, 88.4484° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of L'Anse, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7521&lon=-88.4484&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6584J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6584J-1975-05-09) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 165 total, 81 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74AC094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740529024079A

## Narrative

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

BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL .105 PCT.ACFT HIT TREES ABT 1800FT MSL IN A NEARLY WINGS LVL ATTITUDE.

## 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 CHI74AC094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC094), May 29, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N6584J), L'Anse, MI, destroyed, 3 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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