# Accident 19740622024849A: Piper PA23, Corpus Chrsti, TX, June 22, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1974
- Place: Corpus Chrsti, TX
- Airport: Corpus Chrsti Mun
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 27.8006° N, 97.3964° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Corpus Christi, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8006&lon=-97.3964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N321W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N321W-2001-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74FRH01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FRH01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740622024849A

## Narrative

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

PREV TIME IN TYPE ALL DUAL.ENG CKD OK POST-ACDT.

## 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 FTW74FRH01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FRH01), Jun 22, 1974: Piper PA-23 (N321W), Corpus Chrsti, 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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