# Accident 19740713023149A: Piper PA23, Montgomery, NY, July 13, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1974
- Place: Montgomery, NY
- Airport: Orange Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 41.5118° N, 74.2635° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORANGE COUNTY (MGJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5118&lon=-74.2635&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1067P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1067P-1975-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 220 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75FHM02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FHM02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740713023149A

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE FAIL AT LIFTOFF.ENGINE TESTED SATISFACTORILY.TURN TO AVOID TREES L WING HIT GND.

## 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 NYC75FHM02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FHM02), Jul 13, 1974: Piper PA-23 (N1067P), Montgomery, NY, substantial damage

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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