# Accident 19751025034669A: Piper PA17, Fabens, TX, October 25, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1975
- Place: Fabens, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 31.5175° N, 106.1351° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fabens, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5175&lon=-106.1351&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4861H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4861H-1975-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-17 (registry code 7101702, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA17
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 253 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76AF037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751025034669A

## Narrative

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

AUTOPSY SHOWS PLT DIED OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE PRECEEDING THE ACDT.

## 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 FTW76AF037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF037), Oct 25, 1975: Piper PA-17 (N4861H), Fabens, 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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