# Accident 19740831030969A: Piper PA28R200, Elkins, WV, August 31, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1974
- Place: Elkins, WV
- Airport: Elkins-Randolph
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Location: 38.8894° N, 79.8571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELKINS/RANDOLPH COUNTY (JENNINGS RANDOLPH FLD) (EKN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8894&lon=-79.8571&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56845, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56845-1974-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 349 total, 12 in this make and model, 147 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD75FIJ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75FIJ08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740831030969A

## Narrative

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

IFR DEPT NOT IN ACCORD WITH PUBLISHED PROCEDURES.HIT TREES ABT 2000FT MSL APRX 3.5MI NW 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 IAD75FIJ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75FIJ08), Aug 31, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N56845), Elkins, WV, destroyed

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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