# Accident 19740504010669A: Piper PA28140, Temple, TX, May 4, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1974
- Place: Temple, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 31.0982° N, 97.3428° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Temple, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0982&lon=-97.3428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1684T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1684T-2018-03-13) (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: 65 total, 4 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74DRG80](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DRG80) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740504010669A

## Narrative

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

PLT TAXNG FRM PASTURE TO GRVL RD FOR TKOF AFTER EARLIER PRECAUTIONARY LDG. WG HIT POLE.

## 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 FTW74DRG80](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DRG80), May 4, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N1684T), Temple, TX, 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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