# Accident 19740917034199A: Piper PA24400, Sierra Blanca, TX, September 17, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1974
- Place: Sierra Blanca, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 31.1834° N, 105.3395° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sierra Blanca, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1834&lon=-105.3395&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8062P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8062P-1974-10-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 200 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75AF021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75AF021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740917034199A

## Narrative

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

NON-INSTRMNT RTD PLT ATTMPTD DSCNT THRU OVRCST ON DRK NITE OVR DESERT AREA-WAS TOLD VFR NOT ADVSD-

## 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 FTW75AF021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75AF021), Sep 17, 1974: Piper PA-24 (N8062P), Sierra Blanca, TX, destroyed, 3 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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