# Accident 19740902029809A: Piper PA24260, Rockland, ID, September 2, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1974
- Place: Rockland, ID
- Airport: Rockland
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 42.5732° N, 112.8744° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockland, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5732&lon=-112.8744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8664P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8664P-1991-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,172 total, 270 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA75DYA17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75DYA17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740902029809A

## Narrative

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

PWR LOSS ON DOWNWIND LEG.ATTMPTD LNDG ON DIRT ROAD.WING STRUCK DIRT BANK.AUX TANK GAUGE READ 1/4.

## 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 SEA75DYA17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75DYA17), Sep 2, 1974: Piper PA-24 (N8664P), Rockland, ID, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8664P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19900923041489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900923041489A), Sep 23, 1990: Piper PA24260 (N8664P), Eliot, ME, Destroyed, 4 fatal. Crashed and burned during attemped VFR takeoff six witnesses heard engine backfire and apparent not full power.

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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