# Accident 19740926036999A: Piper PA23, Pinnacle, NC, September 26, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1974
- Place: Pinnacle, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 36.3228° N, 80.4232° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pinnacle, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3228&lon=-80.4232&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2193P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2193P-1974-12-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,484 total, 50 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD75AI015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740926036999A

## Narrative

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

PLT RPTD R ENG SHUT DWN,GR HANGING OUT.PLT SURE HE COULD NOT MAKE ARPT GOING TO LND IN A FLD.

## 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 IAD75AI015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI015), Sep 26, 1974: Piper PA-23 (N2193P), Pinnacle, 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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