# Accident 19730416010789A: Piper PA28180, Sheltr Cove, CA, April 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1973
- Place: Sheltr Cove, CA
- Airport: Shelter Cove
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 40.0282° N, 124.0743° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHELTER COVE (0Q5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0282&lon=-124.0743&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6636J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6636J-1973-09-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 73 total, 10 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73AP036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73AP036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730416010789A

## Narrative

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

TKOF ON EMPTY TANK.STALLED DRG TURN TWD ARPT.

## 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 OAK73AP036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73AP036), Apr 16, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N6636J), Sheltr Cove, CA, destroyed, 2 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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