# Accident 19741117041139A: Piper PA23, Falfurrias, TX, November 17, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 1974
- Place: Falfurrias, TX
- Airport: Cage Ranch
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 27.1059° N, 98.2058° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAGE RANCH (7TE2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1059&lon=-98.2058&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1395P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1395P-1975-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 16,200 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75AF035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75AF035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741117041139A

## Narrative

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

PLT CONTINUED FLT UNDER OVERCAST WITH LOWER CLOUDS ON DARK NITE.NO LTS.RECOVERY DATE 11/18/74.

## 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 FTW75AF035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75AF035), Nov 17, 1974: Piper PA-23 (N1395P), Falfurrias, TX, destroyed, 2 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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