# Accident 19730723021179A: Piper PA28R200, Marquez, TX, July 23, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1973
- Place: Marquez, TX
- Airport: Coker Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 31.2361° N, 96.2574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marquez, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2361&lon=-96.2574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4985S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4985S-1974-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 747 total, 120 in this make and model, 96 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74DRA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DRA09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730723021179A

## Narrative

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

COW AND CALF WALKED ONTO RNWY DRG TKOF PLT ATMTD SHORT FLD TKOF.ACFT DSCNDD TO RWY UN STOP.

## 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 FTW74DRA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DRA09), Jul 23, 1973: Piper PA-28R (N4985S), Marquez, TX, 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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