# Accident 19740830029679A: Piper PA34200, Vandalia, OH, August 30, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1974
- Place: Vandalia, OH
- Airport: Cox-Dayton Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 39.8790° N, 84.1922° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vandalia, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8790&lon=-84.1922&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55196 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,163 total, 276 in this make and model, 158 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75FEG07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEG07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740830029679A

## Narrative

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

RAN OFF TWY INTO SOFT DIRT.DID NOT SEE LIGHTED BARRICADE WARNING OF DROP OFF.

## 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 CHI75FEG07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEG07), Aug 30, 1974: Piper PA-34 (N55196), Vandalia, OH, 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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