# Accident 19740512012849A: Piper PA28140, Truckee, CA, May 12, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1974
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee Tahoe
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 39.3201° N, 120.1396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRUCKEE-TAHOE (TRK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3201&lon=-120.1396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56913, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56913-2015-10-09) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,386 total, 673 in this make and model, 392 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74FXQ36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FXQ36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740512012849A

## Narrative

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

FUEL SELECTOR ON EMPTY TANK.

## 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 OAK74FXQ36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FXQ36), May 12, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N56913), Truckee, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N56913 (1)

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

- [Incident 19790408012139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790408012139I), Apr 8, 1979: Piper PA28140 (N56913), Point Mugu, CA, Minor damage. Pilot lost power, engine ingested an exhaust valve.

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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