# Accident 19741205041649A: Piper PA30, Graford, TX, December 5, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1974
- Place: Graford, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 32.9374° N, 98.2475° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Graford, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9374&lon=-98.2475&mi=10
- Aircraft: N123RC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75AF037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75AF037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741205041649A

## Narrative

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

PLT ADVSD VFR FLT NOT RECOMMENDED BFOR & DURING FLT.

## 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 FTW75AF037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75AF037), Dec 5, 1974: Piper PA-30 (N123RC), Graford, 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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