# Accident 19740930041719A: Piper PA28140, Farmington, NM, September 30, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1974
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 36.7281° N, 108.2187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Farmington, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7281&lon=-108.2187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5280T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5280T-1975-05-09) (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: 335 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN75AQA15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75AQA15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740930041719A

## Narrative

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

L TANK EMPTY,FUEL AVBL R TANK.FLEW INTO ROCK ME SA.LVL TERRAIN AVBL.

## 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 DEN75AQA15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75AQA15), Sep 30, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N5280T), Farmington, NM, substantial damage, 1 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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