# Accident 19740720034689A: Piper PA28R180, Huntington, IN, July 20, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1974
- Place: Huntington, IN
- Airport: Huntington Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 40.8529° N, 85.4571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUNTINGTON MUNI (HHG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8529&lon=-85.4571&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7496J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7496J-1989-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 12 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75FET02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FET02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740720034689A

## Narrative

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

NUMEROUS SUITABLE ARPTS THRUGHOUT GNL AREA.LNDD IN OPEN FLD WITH NUMEROUS SMALL DITCHES.

## 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 CHI75FET02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FET02), Jul 20, 1974: Piper PA-28R (N7496J), Huntington, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7496J (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19810218004359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810218004359A), Feb 18, 1981: Piper PA28R180 (N7496J), Fort Wayne, IN, Destroyed. Pilot descended below minimums on ILS approach and crashed 1/8 mile from airport.

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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