# Accident 19740729023779A: Piper PA30, Asheville, NC, July 29, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1974
- Place: Asheville, NC
- Airport: Asheville Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 35.4361° N, 82.5420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHEVILLE RGNL (AVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4361&lon=-82.5420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7910Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7910Y-2022-12-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 800 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD75DKM07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75DKM07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740729023779A

## Narrative

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

2ND LDG APCH,PLT ENGAGED IN CONVERSATION WITH PAX AFTR CLNC TO LND.GR WARN HORN INOP.

## 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 IAD75DKM07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75DKM07), Jul 29, 1974: Piper PA-30 (N7910Y), Asheville, NC, 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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