# Accident 19740729023799A: Piper PA32300, Bend, OR, July 29, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1974
- Place: Bend, OR
- Airport: Bend
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 44.0946° N, 121.2002° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEND MUNI (BDN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0946&lon=-121.2002&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4232R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,350 total, 0 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA75FYI02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75FYI02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740729023799A

## Narrative

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

ACFT STRUCK BOUNDARY FENCE POST.

## 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 SEA75FYI02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75FYI02), Jul 29, 1974: Piper PA-32 (N4232R), Bend, OR, 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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