# Accident 19740503014369A: Piper PA34200, Hockey, TX, May 3, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1974
- Place: Hockey, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Aircraft: N5286T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5286T-1974-07-09) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 446 total, 131 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74AF079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740503014369A

## Narrative

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

FSS ADZD VFR FLT NOT RCMDD.HOUSTON WX DTRTNG.RCVRD 1857 CDT.

## 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 FTW74AF079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF079), May 3, 1974: Piper PA-34 (N5286T), Hockey, TX, destroyed, 3 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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