# Accident 19740314007219A: Cessna 172, Silver City, NM, March 14, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1974
- Place: Silver City, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 32.7786° N, 108.2694° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Silver City, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7786&lon=-108.2694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7284T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7284T-1974-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,327 total, 1,213 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74AD042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74AD042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740314007219A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 DEN74AD042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74AD042), Mar 14, 1974: Cessna 172A (N7284T), Silver City, 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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