# Accident 19740804027329A: Piper PA28140, Farmington, MN, August 4, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1974
- Place: Farmington, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Cruise
- Location: 44.6592° N, 93.1687° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Farmington, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6592&lon=-93.1687&mi=10
- Aircraft: N491FT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 587 total, 16 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC75DER10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75DER10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740804027329A

## Narrative

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

PRACTICE EMERG LDG APCH.ALLOWED ACFT TO GET TOO SLOW,FORCED TO LND,HIT 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 MKC75DER10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75DER10), Aug 4, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N491FT), Farmington, MN, 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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