# Accident 19740716022779A: Piper PA16, Bowdoinham, ME, July 16, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1974
- Place: Bowdoinham, ME
- Airport: Merrymeeting Bay
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 44.0212° N, 69.9013° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bowdoinham, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0212&lon=-69.9013&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5260H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5260H-2012-08-14) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,398 total, 9 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75FNC05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FNC05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740716022779A

## Narrative

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

ACFT STRUCK DIRT EMBANKMENT AFTER SWERVE ON TAKEOFF RUN.

## 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 NYC75FNC05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FNC05), Jul 16, 1974: Piper PA-16 (N5260H), Bowdoinham, ME, 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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