# Accident 19741025037749A: Piper PA28140, East Hampton, CT, October 25, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1974
- Place: East Hampton, CT
- Airport: Hartford-Brainard
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 41.7367° N, 72.6494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARTFORD-BRAINARD (HFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7367&lon=-72.6494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1698T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1698T-1974-12-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 196 total, 196 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75AN053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741025037749A

## Narrative

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

IP ADVSD PLT NOT TO RTRN DUE POOR WX.ACDT SITE WX DESCRIBED-FOGGY AFTR RAIN STM.DENSE FOG ON HILL.

## 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 NYC75AN053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN053), Oct 25, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N1698T), East Hampton, CT, destroyed, 1 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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