# Accident 19740216003609A: Piper PA32260, Cherokee, NC, February 16, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1974
- Place: Cherokee, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 35.4859° N, 83.3011° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cherokee, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4859&lon=-83.3011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56508, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56508-1977-06-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 235 total, 130 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74DKM40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DKM40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740216003609A

## Narrative

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

ENCTRD SVR DWNDRAFT,UN CHECK DESCENT.INTENTIONAL STALL AT TREE TOP LEVEL.

## 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 IAD74DKM40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DKM40), Feb 16, 1974: Piper PA-32 (N56508), Cherokee, NC, 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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