# Accident 19740821035799A: Piper PA24250, La Crescent, MN, August 21, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1974
- Place: La Crescent, MN
- Airport: La Crosse
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 43.8297° N, 91.3050° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Crescent, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8297&lon=-91.3050&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6371P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6371P-1974-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74AK017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK017-138901) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740821035799A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERY DATE 10/5/74.TRRN IN ACDT AREA APRX 500FT HIGHER THAN DEST ARPT ELEV.APRX 4MI SW OF ARPT.

## 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 MKC74AK017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK017-138901), Aug 21, 1974: Piper PA-24 (N6371P), La Crescent, MN, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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