# Accident 19740901036739A: Piper PA24250, Phillipsburg, PA, September 1, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1974
- Place: Phillipsburg, PA
- Airport: Mid-State
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 40.6934° N, 80.2820° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phillipsburg, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6934&lon=-80.2820&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8363P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8363P-1974-12-19) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,060 total, 332 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75AN029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740901036739A

## Narrative

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

MAKING LOC APCH.DESCENDED BLO MDA,COLLIDED WITH TREES 2.7MILES FM APCH END RWY 16.

## 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 NYC75AN029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN029), Sep 1, 1974: Piper PA-24 (N8363P), Phillipsburg, PA, destroyed, 4 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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