# Accident 19730120001839A: Piper PA22, Bg Bear Cty, CA, January 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1973
- Place: Bg Bear Cty, CA
- Airport: Big Bear City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 34.2638° N, 116.8560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIG BEAR CITY (L35), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2638&lon=-116.8560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8928C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8928C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22 (registry code 7102202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 170 total, 116 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX73DUG30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73DUG30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730120001839A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 LAX73DUG30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73DUG30), Jan 20, 1973: Piper PA-22 (N8928C), Bg Bear Cty, CA, substantial damage

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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