# Accident 19740901039629A: Piper PA32300, Somerset, PA, September 1, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1974
- Place: Somerset, PA
- Airport: Somerset
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 40.0385° N, 79.0153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOMERSET COUNTY (2G9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0385&lon=-79.0153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4190W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4190W-1975-01-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,758 total, 2,020 in this make and model, 113 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75AN012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN012-107179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740901039629A

## Narrative

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

ATTITUDE GYRO 3 THOUSANDS OF AN INCH SIDE PLAY ALONG ROTOR SHAFT.BEARINGS DRY,NO SIGNS OF LUB.

## 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 NYC75AN012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN012-107179), Sep 1, 1974: Piper PA-32 (N4190W), Somerset, PA, destroyed, 1 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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