# Accident 19740217009009A: Piper PA34200, Taos, NM, February 17, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 1974
- Place: Taos, NM
- Airport: Taos Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 36.4517° N, 105.6731° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAOS RGNL (SKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4517&lon=-105.6731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4980T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4980T-1974-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,599 total, 323 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74AD040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74AD040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740217009009A

## Narrative

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

SHOULDER HARNESS NOT USED.RCVRD 2/20/74.

## 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 DEN74AD040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74AD040), Feb 17, 1974: Piper PA-34 (N4980T), Taos, NM, destroyed, 1 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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