# Accident 19741011040062A: Piper PA24250, Saxis, VA, October 11, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 1974
- Place: Saxis, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 37.9265° N, 75.7230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saxis, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9265&lon=-75.7230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6876P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6876P-1975-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,606 total, 421 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD75AI022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741011040062A

## Narrative

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

VFR FLT PLAN,ON AIRWAY,ARTCC RADAR FOLLOWING.

## Other aircraft in the event

- M, Cvac 22: [Accident 19741011040061A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741011040061A)

## 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 IAD75AI022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI022), Oct 11, 1974: Piper PA-24 (N6876P), Saxis, VA, 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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