# Accident 19741218042579A: Piper PA23, Perryville, MO, December 18, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1974
- Place: Perryville, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 37.7263° N, 89.8765° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Perryville, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7263&lon=-89.8765&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2223R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2223R-1975-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC75AK031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75AK031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741218042579A

## Narrative

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

NO RECORD OF PILOT CERT.NO PILOT LOG FOUND.WX COND DESCRIBED AS CLDY,LIGHT RAIN,DARK NIGHT.

## 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 MKC75AK031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75AK031), Dec 18, 1974: Piper PA-23 (N2223R), Perryville, MO, destroyed, 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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