# Accident 19740510020159A: Piper PA28235, Lubbock, TX, May 10, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1974
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 33.5779° N, 101.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lubbock, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5779&lon=-101.8552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9363W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9363W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 87 total, 87 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74FQG53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FQG53) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740510020159A

## Narrative

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

FUEL SELECTOR VALVE BENT,TIME UNDET.ENG CUT OUT,THEN QUIT.

## 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 FTW74FQG53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FQG53), May 10, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N9363W), Lubbock, 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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