# Accident 19740516016609A: Piper PA28R200, Salisbury, MD, May 16, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1974
- Place: Salisbury, MD
- Airport: Salisbury
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 38.3752° N, 75.5866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salisbury, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3752&lon=-75.5866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56624, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56624-2011-03-14) (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 PA28R200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,929 total, 2,020 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74AI059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740516016609A

## Narrative

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

TRUCK CROSSING ACTIVE RWY.HIT TRUCK,HOR STAB FELL OFF ACFT,CONTINUED TKOF.

## 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 IAD74AI059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI059), May 16, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N56624), Salisbury, MD, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N56624 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780720035749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780720035749I), Jul 20, 1978: Piper PA23 (N56624), Dayton, OH, Minor damage. Student and instructor practicing engine out and gear emergencies, landed gear up.

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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