# Accident 19740810026879A: Piper PA23250, Hailey, ID, August 10, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1974
- Place: Hailey, ID
- Airport: Moonstone
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 43.5127° N, 114.2995° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hailey, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5127&lon=-114.2995&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5859Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,499 total, 1,515 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA75DYA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75DYA10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740810026879A

## Narrative

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

LANDED DOWNWIND,DOWNSLOPE.GUSTING TO 20K.

## 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 SEA75DYA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75DYA10), Aug 10, 1974: Piper PA-23 (N5859Y), Hailey, ID, 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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