# Accident 19741007033079A: Piper PA31350, Shartlesville, PA, October 7, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 1974
- Place: Shartlesville, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 40.5162° N, 76.1001° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shartlesville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5162&lon=-76.1001&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61454, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61454-2020-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,320 total, 577 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75AN043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741007033079A

## Narrative

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

PROPS FND IN UNFEATHERED PSN.LNDD SHORT OF INTENDED LDG AREA.

## 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 NYC75AN043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN043), Oct 7, 1974: Piper PA-31 (N61454), Shartlesville, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N61454 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19820702035939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820702035939I), Jul 2, 1982: Piper PA31350 (N61454), Rochester, NY. Aircraft landed at destination with flat nose wheel tire apparently punctured by foreign object on departure runway

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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