# Accident 19740813035559A: Piper PA24400, Morgantown, WV, August 13, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1974
- Place: Morgantown, WV
- Airport: Morgantown Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 39.6375° N, 79.9469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgantown, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6375&lon=-79.9469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5676P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5676P-2013-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 422 total, 66 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD75DIJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75DIJ04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740813035559A

## Narrative

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

GR UP LIMIT SWITCH P/N 25203-00 DEFECTIVE.GR WARN OUT OF ADJ.

## 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 IAD75DIJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75DIJ04), Aug 13, 1974: Piper PA-24 (N5676P), Morgantown, WV, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5676P (1)

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

- [Incident 19920830034119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920830034119I), Aug 30, 1992: Piper PA24180 (N5676P), Santa Fe, NM, Minor damage. Pilot got too slow on short final. Landed short of runway. Skidded to a stop.

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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