# Accident 19740819027009A: Piper PA28R200, Othello, WA, August 19, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1974
- Place: Othello, WA
- Airport: Othello Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 46.7942° N, 119.0801° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OTHELLO MUNI (S70), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7942&lon=-119.0801&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3079R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3079R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 961 total, 151 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA75DYG08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75DYG08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740819027009A

## Narrative

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

FAST APCH.AUTO GR EXT DIDNT OPERATE.

## 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 SEA75DYG08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75DYG08), Aug 19, 1974: Piper PA-28R (N3079R), Othello, WA, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.