# Accident 19730709020629A: Piper PA28180, Corona, CA, July 9, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1973
- Place: Corona, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 33.8753° N, 117.5664° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Corona, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8753&lon=-117.5664&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7240W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7240W-1974-04-23) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 104 total, 24 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74FUG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUG04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730709020629A

## 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 LAX74FUG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUG04), Jul 9, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N7240W), Corona, 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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