# NTSB MIA75FKJ27: Piper PA-32, N41481, Tarrant City, AL, September 23, 1974

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 23, 1974
- Place: Tarrant City, AL · TARRANT CITY, AL
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 1974
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 136676
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA75FKJ27
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75FKJ27

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2983  74/9/23    TARRANT CITY,ALA    PIPER PA-32         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 45, 531
        TIME - 1215                    N41481              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 165 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - THOMPSON TRACTOR
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ROANOKE,ALA                 TARRANT CITY,ALA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
        REMARKS- CROSSED DITCH CONT ONTO A PUBLIC STREET.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N41481](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41481-2013-11-12), registration cancelled 2013-11-12, S/N 32-7400032, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (registry code 7103206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Thompson Tractor

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19740923029939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740923029939A), Sep 23, 1974: Piper PA32260, Tarrant City, AL, Substantial damage. Crossed ditch cont onto a public street.

## Other investigations on N41481 (2)

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 MIA95FA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95FA145), Jun 7, 1995: Piper PA-32-260 (N41481), Gainesville, FL, destroyed, 6 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION AFTER CONTINUING THE VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. FACTORS RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE EXISTING…
- [NTSB MIA76FKG53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FKG53), Apr 7, 1976: Piper PA-32 (N41481), Dalton, GA, substantial damage

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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