# Accident 19740610016949A: Piper PA25260, Venus, TX, June 10, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 1974
- Place: Venus, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 32.4052° N, 97.1044° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Venus, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4052&lon=-97.1044&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8604L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8604L-1974-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-260 (registry code 7102508, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74FPA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPA26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740610016949A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 FTW74FPA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPA26), Jun 10, 1974: Piper PA-25 (N8604L), Venus, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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