# Accident 19740507012049A: Piper PA36285, Chataignier, LA, May 7, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1974
- Place: Chataignier, LA
- Airport: Chataignier Ag St
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 30.5696° N, 92.3168° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chataignier, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5696&lon=-92.3168&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56614, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56614-1982-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,540 total, 67 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74FRD34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FRD34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740507012049A

## Narrative

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

HIT HOLE IN RWY,BECAME AIRBORNE.PLT DECIDED ACFT COULDNT CLR WIRES & ABORTED.SETTLED INTO WAGON.

## 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 FTW74FRD34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FRD34), May 7, 1974: Piper PA-36 (N56614), Chataignier, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N56614 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19780613014329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780613014329A), Jun 13, 1978: Piper PA36285 (N56614), Glenham, SD, Destroyed. Wires.

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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