# NTSB FTW75DRG37: Piper PA-28, N15245, Uvalde, TX, November 10, 1974

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 10, 1974
- Place: Uvalde, TX · UVALDE, TX
- Location: 29.2152° N, 99.7772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Uvalde, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2152&lon=-99.7772&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 27, 1974
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 141003
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW75DRG37
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75DRG37

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3334  74/11/10   UVALDE,TEX          PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1846                    N15245              PX-  0  0  1  DUAL                      AGE 40, 1516 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            530 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - UVALDE MUNI
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          DEL RIO,TEX                 RETURN                       UVALDE,TEX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: ANIMALS                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - ANIMAL(S) ON RUNWAY/TAXIWAY/RAMP
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
        REMARKS- BROKEN FENCE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N15245](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15245-1975-09-18), registration cancelled 1975-09-18, S/N 28-7325024, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Uvalde Muni

## Other investigations on N15245 (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 FTW76AK002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AK002), Jun 27, 1975: Piper PA-28 (N15245), Camp Wood, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal

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.

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