# Accident 19740603043549A: Piper PA23, Toledo, WA, June 3, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1974
- Place: Toledo, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 46.4447° N, 122.8522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Toledo, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4447&lon=-122.8522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54074, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54074-1975-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (6PCLM) (registry code 7102313, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250-6pclm) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74AS047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740603043549A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERY DATE 6/4/74.ACFT DISINTEGRATED.

## 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 SEA74AS047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS047), Jun 3, 1974: Piper PA-23 (N54074), Toledo, WA, destroyed, 4 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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