# Accident 19740824030889A: Cessna 340CESSNA, Whitefield, NH, August 24, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1974
- Place: Whitefield, NH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 44.3713° N, 71.6100° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whitefield, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3713&lon=-71.6100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5AM-1976-01-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75AN023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740824030889A

## Narrative

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

WX BRIEF:NUMEROUS TSTMS ENRT.DEPARTED IFR,CNLD FLT PLAN AT 9000FT.HIT MTN SLOPE AT 4698FT ELEV.

## 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 NYC75AN023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN023), Aug 24, 1974: Cessna 340 (N5AM), Whitefield, NH, destroyed, 2 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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