# NTSB CHI75AC010: Piper PA-30, N8724Y, Urbana, IL, July 22, 1974

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 22, 1974
- Place: Urbana, IL · URBANA, IL
- Location: 40.1101° N, 88.1973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Urbana, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1101&lon=-88.1973&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 5, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 140548
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI75AC010
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC010

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4340  74/7/22    URBANA,ILL          PIPER PA-30         CR-  2  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1603                    N8724Y              PX-  0  0  0  CHECK                     AGE 56, 33093 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 362 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ILLINI
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          URBANA,ILL                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8724Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8724Y-1975-09-03), registration cancelled 1975-09-03, S/N 30-1877, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Illini

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19740722044419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740722044419A), Jul 22, 1974: Piper PA30, Urbana, IL, Destroyed

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.

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