# Accident 19740705024929A: Piper PA23, Willis, MI, July 5, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1974
- Place: Willis, MI
- Airport: Dowind Acres
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 42.1584° N, 83.5580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Willis, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1584&lon=-83.5580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1402P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1402P-1974-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-150 (registry code 7102303, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 597 total, 321 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75AC002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740705024929A

## Narrative

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

RUNWAY LIGHTING NOT INSTALLED.ACFT OBSVD T/D NE OF RWY INTERSECTION.ATMTD GO-ARND NR END OF RWY.

## 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 CHI75AC002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC002), Jul 5, 1974: Piper PA-23 (N1402P), Willis, MI, 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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