# Accident 19750824042089A: Piper PA23, Decatur, MS, August 24, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1975
- Place: Decatur, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 32.4340° N, 89.1112° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Decatur, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4340&lon=-89.1112&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2019P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2019P-1976-03-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-150 (registry code 7102303, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,295 total, 39 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76AM018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750824042089A

## Narrative

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

RADAR CONTACT LOST ABT 20MIN AFTR DEP.TSTMS RPRTD BTN MERIDIAN & JACKSON.

## 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 MIA76AM018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM018), Aug 24, 1975: Piper PA-23 (N2019P), Decatur, MS, destroyed, 3 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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