# Accident 19741028036139A: Piper PA22, Taunton, MA, October 28, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 1974
- Place: Taunton, MA
- Airport: Taunton Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Location: 41.9001° N, 71.0898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taunton, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9001&lon=-71.0898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57592, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57592-1996-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 265 total, 115 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75FNA24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FNA24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741028036139A

## Narrative

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

HIT N80902, MINOR DMG. PLT HAND STARTED ACFT, NO ONE AT CONTROLS.

## 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 NYC75FNA24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FNA24), Oct 28, 1974: Piper PA-22 (N57592), Taunton, MA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N57592 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19930603017049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930603017049A), Jun 3, 1993: Piper PA36285 (N57592), Texhoma, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Proceeded VFR at night into IMC. No IFR rating or IFR instruments on board. Thunderstorms in area.

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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