# Accident 19740430010239A: Piper PA28140, Alamogordo, NM, April 30, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1974
- Place: Alamogordo, NM
- Airport: Alamogordo Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 32.8836° N, 105.9636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alamogordo, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8836&lon=-105.9636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15905, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15905-2018-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 855 total, 42 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74FQD19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74FQD19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740430010239A

## Narrative

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

ACFT HIT 3FT DIRT BANK ON RWY THRESHOLD

## 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 DEN74FQD19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74FQD19), Apr 30, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N15905), Alamogordo, NM, 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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