# Accident 19740914034189A: Piper PA28140, Eldora, CO, September 14, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1974
- Place: Eldora, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 39.9583° N, 105.5850° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eldora, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9583&lon=-105.5850&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7062R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7062R-1975-06-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 292 total, 11 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN75AD013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75AD013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740914034189A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PLT C/P ENDORSED FOR SOLO. ACFT HIT TREES ON MTN SLOPE ABT 11000 FT MSL.

## 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 DEN75AD013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75AD013), Sep 14, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N7062R), Eldora, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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