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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA24180 · Bridgeport, CA · July 19, 1962

Date
July 19, 1962 · 23:45 local
Place
Bridgeport, CA
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5069P
Reported as
Piper PA24180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
4

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost in mountains. Found 32 years later. Removes missing aircraft status.

As the FAA filed it

LOST IN MOUNTAINS. FOUND 32 YEARS LATER. REMOVES MISSING AIRCRAFT STATUS.