# Accident 19741110038609A: Piper PA31350, Gary, IN, November 10, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 1974
- Place: Gary, IN
- Airport: Gary
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 41.5934° N, 87.3464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gary, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5934&lon=-87.3464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66889 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 12,150 total, 36 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75AC041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741110038609A

## Narrative

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

DRG TKOF R WING TIP STRUCK PEDESTRIAN ON RWY.IT WAS NOT DTMND WHAT HE WAS DOING ON RWY.

## 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 CHI75AC041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC041), Nov 10, 1974: Piper PA-31 (N66889), Gary, IN, minor 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.