# Accident 19740514016549A: Piper PA24260, Hopkinsville, KY, May 14, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1974
- Place: Hopkinsville, KY
- Airport: Hopkinsville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 36.8656° N, 87.4886° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hopkinsville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8656&lon=-87.4886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8814P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8814P-2023-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 782 total, 62 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74FLQ32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FLQ32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740514016549A

## Narrative

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

PLT DISTRACTED BY OTR ACFT TAXIING TO RWY FOR TKOF.PLT STRUCK GR SWITCH WHEN TURNING ON FUEL PUMP.

## 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 IAD74FLQ32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FLQ32), May 14, 1974: Piper PA-24 (N8814P), Hopkinsville, KY, 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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