# Accident 19750412008399A: Piper PA30, Iowa City, IA, April 12, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1975
- Place: Iowa City, IA
- Airport: Iowa City Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 41.6396° N, 91.5479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IOWA CITY MUNI (IOW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6396&lon=-91.5479&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7923Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7923Y-2013-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,436 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC75FCD41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75FCD41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750412008399A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK FLOCK OF MALLARD DUCKS.

## 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 MKC75FCD41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75FCD41), Apr 12, 1975: Piper PA-30 (N7923Y), Iowa City, IA, 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.

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