# Accident 19750531018279A: Piper PA30, Marion, IL, May 31, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1975
- Place: Marion, IL
- Airport: Williamson Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 37.7342° N, 88.9443° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marion, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7342&lon=-88.9443&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7833Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7833Y-1975-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 591 total, 38 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75AC092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC092-149346) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750531018279A

## Narrative

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

6HRS ACTUAL INST LOGGED,3HRS SINCE 10/74.ALL WING SPARS BENT UPWARDS PRIOR TO FAILURE & SEPARATION

## 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 CHI75AC092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC092-149346), May 31, 1975: Piper PA-30 (N7833Y), Marion, IL, destroyed, 4 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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