# Accident 19740909035819A: Piper PA32300, New Bedford, MA, September 9, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1974
- Place: New Bedford, MA
- Airport: New Bedford Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 41.6766° N, 70.9578° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW BEDFORD RGNL (EWB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6766&lon=-70.9578&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4088W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4088W-1974-12-11) (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: 3,125 total, 50 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75AN036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740909035819A

## Narrative

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

L MAG,10-349310-1,DIST BLOCK BURNED IN SVRL PLACES,ALLOWED INCORRECT IGN TO PLUGS.HIT JUNKED TRUCK

## 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 NYC75AN036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN036), Sep 9, 1974: Piper PA-32 (N4088W), New Bedford, MA, 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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