# Accident 19731117040699A: Piper PA24250, San Dimas, CA, November 17, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 1973
- Place: San Dimas, CA
- Airport: Brackett Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 34.0917° N, 117.7818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRACKETT FLD (POC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0917&lon=-117.7818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5531P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5531P-1974-02-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 486 total, 15 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74AL037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74AL037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731117040699A

## Narrative

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

INSTRUMENT DEP.FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE RADIO CALLS.HISTORY OF VERTIGO IN TRAINING.

## 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 LAX74AL037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74AL037), Nov 17, 1973: Piper PA-24 (N5531P), San Dimas, 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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