# Accident 19740830036699A: Piper PA12, Medford, OR, August 30, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1974
- Place: Medford, OR
- Airport: Beagle Sky Ranch
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 42.5390° N, 122.9039° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEAGLE SKY RANCH (OR96), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5390&lon=-122.9039&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3020M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3020M-1974-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA75AS011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75AS011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740830036699A

## Narrative

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

PAX ALSO STUDENT PLT.REAR CTL STICK NOT INSTALLED.DENSITY ALT ABT 3300 FT.

## 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 SEA75AS011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75AS011), Aug 30, 1974: Piper PA-12 (N3020M), Medford, OR, 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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