# Accident 19750209004169A: Piper PA28151, Ute Park, NM, February 9, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 1975
- Place: Ute Park, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 36.5467° N, 105.1038° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ute Park, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5467&lon=-105.1038&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40844, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40844-1975-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 147 total, 147 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN75AD042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75AD042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750209004169A

## 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 DEN75AD042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75AD042), Feb 9, 1975: Piper PA-28 (N40844), Ute Park, NM, 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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