# Accident 19740911044399A: Piper PA23250, Austin, MN, September 11, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1974
- Place: Austin, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 43.6721° N, 92.9779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6721&lon=-92.9779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6168Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6168Y-1975-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (6PCLM) (registry code 7102313, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250-6pclm) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 72 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC75AK019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75AK019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740911044399A

## Narrative

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

VERT FIN AND L STABILATOR FAILED.CLG LWR THAN FCST.

## 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 MKC75AK019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75AK019), Sep 11, 1974: Piper PA-23 (N6168Y), Austin, MN, destroyed, 6 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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