# Accident 19740613015319A: Piper PA28140, Wenatchee, WA, June 13, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 1974
- Place: Wenatchee, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 47.4360° N, 120.3293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wenatchee, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4360&lon=-120.3293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5611U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5611U-1974-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,776 total, 439 in this make and model, 205 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74DYG47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74DYG47) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740613015319A

## 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 SEA74DYG47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74DYG47), Jun 13, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N5611U), Wenatchee, WA, destroyed

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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