# Accident 19740622019689A: Piper PA18A150, Palacios, TX, June 22, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1974
- Place: Palacios, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 28.7131° N, 96.2279° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palacios, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7131&lon=-96.2279&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3492Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3492Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 16 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74AF091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740622019689A

## Narrative

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

PHASE OF FLT UNKNOWN.

## 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 FTW74AF091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF091), Jun 22, 1974: Piper PA-18 (N3492Z), Palacios, TX, destroyed, 2 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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