# Accident 19740608017779A: Piper PA28140, Huntington, WV, June 8, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1974
- Place: Huntington, WV
- Airport: Robert Newlon
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 38.4570° N, 82.3138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROBERT NEWLON FLD (I41), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4570&lon=-82.3138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7302F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7302F-1974-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 863 total, 12 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74AM106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AM106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740608017779A

## Narrative

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

BLOOD-ALCOHOL LEVEL 250 MG PCT.ACFT OBSVD LOW ALT FLT UNDER RR BRIDGE AND PWR LINES BFR ACDT.

## 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 NYC74AM106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AM106), Jun 8, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N7302F), Huntington, WV, destroyed, 1 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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