# Accident 19730709021099A: Piper PA34200, Goleta, CA, July 9, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1973
- Place: Goleta, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Location: 34.4262° N, 119.8415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA BARBARA MUNI (SBA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4262&lon=-119.8415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4895T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4895T-1973-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 416 total, 147 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74AL003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74AL003-189595) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730709021099A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED IN OCEAN & SANK 1-3 MI FROM SHORE.FEW PARTS & RECORDS RECOVERED.INJ INDEX PRESUMED.

## 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 LAX74AL003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74AL003-189595), Jul 9, 1973: Piper PA-34 (N4895T), Goleta, CA, destroyed, 5 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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