# Accident 19741116037979A: Piper L4B, Rochester, NH, November 16, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 1974
- Place: Rochester, NH
- Airport: Sky Haven
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 43.2842° N, 70.9295° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKYHAVEN (DAW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2842&lon=-70.9295&mi=10
- Aircraft: N142H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER L4B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,957 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75AN063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741116037979A

## Narrative

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

LOST CTL IN STEEP BANK AT TREE TOP LVL.WOODED AREA HEAVILY TRAVELED BY DEER.ABT 36LB OVR TKOF GWT.

## 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 NYC75AN063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN063), Nov 16, 1974: Piper L-4B (N142H), Rochester, NH, substantial damage, 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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