# Accident 19741124039159A: Piper PA28180, Westerlo, NY, November 24, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 1974
- Place: Westerlo, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 42.5151° N, 74.0454° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westerlo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5151&lon=-74.0454&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7470W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7470W-1975-05-09) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 615 total, 410 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75FFA21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FFA21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741124039159A

## Narrative

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

L WING TIP STRUCK TREE.

## 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 NYC75FFA21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FFA21), Nov 24, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N7470W), Westerlo, NY, 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.

---
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.