# Accident 19741017033879A: Piper PA28235, Fort Stockton, TX, October 17, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1974
- Place: Fort Stockton, TX
- Airport: Ft Stockton Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 30.8926° N, 102.8842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Stockton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8926&lon=-102.8842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9020W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 10 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75DQD13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75DQD13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741017033879A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 FTW75DQD13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75DQD13), Oct 17, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N9020W), Fort Stockton, TX, substantial damage

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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