# Accident 19750217004759A: Piper PA23160, New Orleans, LA, February 17, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 1975
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Lakefront
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 30.0424° N, 90.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0424&lon=-90.0282&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4321P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4321P-1975-04-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 537 total, 87 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75AF052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75AF052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750217004759A

## Narrative

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

SET ALT TOO HI.ATC INSTRUCTIONS TO PLT UNCLEAR.CRASHED IN LAKE 1 MI FROM ARPT.

## 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 FTW75AF052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75AF052), Feb 17, 1975: Piper PA-23 (N4321P), New Orleans, LA, 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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