# Accident 19741109042809A: Piper PA28180, Morgantown, WV, November 9, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 1974
- Place: Morgantown, WV
- Airport: Morgantown
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 39.6375° N, 79.9469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgantown, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6375&lon=-79.9469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6545J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6545J-1975-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 218 total, 36 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD75AI029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741109042809A

## Narrative

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

RPTD GO-ARND FM ILS APCH.LAST TX- RPTD INTENTION TO MAKE CONTACT APCH.

## 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 IAD75AI029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI029), Nov 9, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N6545J), Morgantown, WV, destroyed, 3 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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