# Accident 19740619017149A: Piper PA23160, Merritt Is, FL, June 19, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 1974
- Place: Merritt Is, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Sfl Takeoff Climb
- Location: 28.3416° N, 80.6855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRITT ISLAND (COI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3416&lon=-80.6855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4168P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4168P-1974-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 18 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74AM102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740619017149A

## Narrative

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

RUDDER TRIM TAB FOUND FULLY DEFLECTED TO R SIDE OF EMPENNAGE.CRASHED INTO RIVER.

## 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 MIA74AM102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM102), Jun 19, 1974: Piper PA-23 (N4168P), Merritt Is, FL, destroyed, 2 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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