# Accident 19740518021269A: Piper PA16, Dallas, TX, May 18, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1974
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: White Rock
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 32.7831° N, 96.8067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7831&lon=-96.8067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6802K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6802K-2014-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-16 (registry code 7101602, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA16
- Reported engine: LYC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 132 total, 29 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74FPA24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPA24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740518021269A

## Narrative

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

PLT GRND LOOPED TO AVOID TREES,DITCHES.NR 3 EXH VALVE FAILED.

## 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 FTW74FPA24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPA24), May 18, 1974: Piper PA-16 (N6802K), Dallas, 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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