# Accident 19730929031179A: Piper PA22, Millville, CA, September 29, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1973
- Place: Millville, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 40.5596° N, 122.1757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Millville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5596&lon=-122.1757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8974C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8974C-1973-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,030 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74AP014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP014-201615) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730929031179A

## Narrative

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

MTL AND FABRIC SKIN STRIPPED FM WINGS,CANOPY DEPARTED DUE EXCESS SPD.PLT IN CMD PRESUMED AT CNTRLS

## 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 OAK74AP014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP014-201615), Sep 29, 1973: Piper PA-22 (N8974C), Millville, 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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