# Accident 19741024040129A: Piper PA31, Blair, OK, October 24, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1974
- Place: Blair, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 34.7802° N, 99.3334° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blair, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7802&lon=-99.3334&mi=10
- Aircraft: N979L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N979L-1975-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,067 total, 103 in this make and model, 93 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75AF029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75AF029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741024040129A

## Narrative

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

TRAFFIC CONTROL FAILED TO PROVIDE RADAR VECTORING AS REQUESTED. PLT DSCND BLO MDA.

## 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 FTW75AF029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75AF029), Oct 24, 1974: Piper PA-31 (N979L), Blair, OK, 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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