# Accident 19731022035309A: Piper PA36285, Slaton, TX, October 22, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1973
- Place: Slaton, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 33.4455° N, 101.6509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Slaton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4455&lon=-101.6509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56590, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56590-1981-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,644 total, 250 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74DQG29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DQG29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731022035309A

## Narrative

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

AFTER COLLISION WITH POLE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO DEPARTED AIRPORT.LNDD WITHOUT FURTHER DMG.

## 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 FTW74DQG29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DQG29), Oct 22, 1973: Piper PA-36 (N56590), Slaton, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N56590 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19750607018329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750607018329A), Jun 7, 1975: Piper PA36285 (N56590), Vincennes, IN, Destroyed. Hit top strand of static line.l seat belt attach cable broke where it passed thru aft bulkhead.

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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