# Accident 19741003034659A: Piper PA25235, Port Barre, LA, October 3, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1974
- Place: Port Barre, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 30.5555° N, 91.9560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Barre, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5555&lon=-91.9560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8938L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8938L-1980-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 7,500 in this make and model, 400 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75FRD09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75FRD09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741003034659A

## Narrative

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

HIT BLOCK OF WOOD ON ROADBED.

## 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 FTW75FRD09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75FRD09), Oct 3, 1974: Piper PA-25 (N8938L), Port Barre, LA, destroyed

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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