# Accident 19740716024319A: Piper PA24250, Steamboat Sp, CO, July 16, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1974
- Place: Steamboat Sp, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Aircraft: N6881P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6881P-2013-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 572 total, 65 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN75AD001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75AD001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740716024319A

## Narrative

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

ERRATIC & HI SPD FLT AT LOW ALT RPTD BY WITNESSES.PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 211MG .MEDICAL EXPIRED.

## 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 DEN75AD001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75AD001), Jul 16, 1974: Piper PA-24 (N6881P), Steamboat Sp, CO, 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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