# Accident 19730426010099A: Piper PA24260, Los Banos, CA, April 26, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1973
- Place: Los Banos, CA
- Airport: Los Banos
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 37.0639° N, 120.8699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS BANOS MUNI (LSN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0639&lon=-120.8699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8559P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8559P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73DVA56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVA56) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730426010099A

## Narrative

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

WATCHING OTHER ACFT IN PATTERN.DIDNT CK GR LTS.

## 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 OAK73DVA56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVA56), Apr 26, 1973: Piper PA-24 (N8559P), Los Banos, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8559P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19730623017479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730623017479A), Jun 23, 1973: Piper PA24400 (N8559P), Merced, CA, Substantial damage. Gr handle dn. Gr motor and safe light ckt bkr popped. Gr warning horn inop on previous ldgs.

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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