# Accident 19730929034249A: Piper PA22, Grover City, CA, September 29, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1973
- Place: Grover City, CA
- Airport: Oceano
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 35.1015° N, 120.6223° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OCEANO COUNTY (L52), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1015&lon=-120.6223&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3116Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3116Z-1973-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 133 total, 68 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74AL024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74AL024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730929034249A

## Narrative

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

OBS STATED HEAVY FOG IN AREA. ACFT HIT TREES.

## 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 LAX74AL024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74AL024), Sep 29, 1973: Piper PA-22 (N3116Z), Grover City, CA, destroyed, 1 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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