# Accident 19740917037649A: Piper PA28180, Raleigh, NC, September 17, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1974
- Place: Raleigh, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 35.8776° N, 78.7875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (RDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8776&lon=-78.7875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9441J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9441J-1974-12-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 167 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD75AI013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740917037649A

## Narrative

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

PLT RCVG RADAR VECTORS.UN TO MNTN VFR,ATMTD TO CLIMB TO VFR CONDITIONS ON TOP.

## 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 IAD75AI013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI013), Sep 17, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N9441J), Raleigh, NC, destroyed, 2 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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