# Accident 19740801022039A: Piper PA23, Middleville, NJ, August 1, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1974
- Place: Middleville, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Cruise
- Location: 41.0559° N, 74.8629° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middleville, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0559&lon=-74.8629&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2008P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2008P-1975-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 335 total, 60 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75FHA07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FHA07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740801022039A

## Narrative

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

PROP NOT FEATHERED.

## 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 NYC75FHA07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FHA07), Aug 1, 1974: Piper PA-23 (N2008P), Middleville, NJ, 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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