# Accident 19730114000779A: Piper PA24, Avalon, CA, January 14, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 1973
- Place: Avalon, CA
- Airport: Catalina
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 33.4050° N, 118.4158° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CATALINA (AVX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4050&lon=-118.4158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5334P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5334P-1973-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,151 total, 20 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX73AL033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73AL033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730114000779A

## Narrative

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

IN FLT FIRE FROM UNDETERMINED SOURCE.

## 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 LAX73AL033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73AL033), Jan 14, 1973: Piper PA-24 (N5334P), Avalon, CA, 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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