19740602020399A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-23 · Fairbanks, AK · June 2, 1974

Date
June 2, 1974
Place
Fairbanks, AK
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N117ME
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC74AA078
Reported as
Piper PA23
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total1,000 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Descended into trees. Rcvrd 6/13/74.plt bld alc lvl varied btwn 290 and 218MG ,putrid sample.

As the FAA filed it

DESCENDED INTO TREES.RCVRD 6/13/74.PLT BLD ALC LVL VARIED BTWN 290 AND 218MG ,PUTRID SAMPLE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.