# Accident 19741109040799A: Piper PA28160, El Paso, TX, November 9, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 1974
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N269JB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N269JB-1975-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-160 (registry code 7102806, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28160
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 183 total, 183 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75AF032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75AF032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741109040799A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO MOUNTAIN SIDE OBSCURED BY CLOUDS.ELT AIDED RECOVERY SAME DATE.

## 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 FTW75AF032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75AF032), Nov 9, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N269JB), El Paso, TX, destroyed, 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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