# Accident 19741106039039A: Piper PA30, Omaha, NE, November 6, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 1974
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8260Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 738 total, 29 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC75FCJ38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75FCJ38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741106039039A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 MKC75FCJ38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75FCJ38), Nov 6, 1974: Piper PA-30 (N8260Y), Omaha, NE, substantial damage

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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