# Accident 19740118003079A: Beech P35BEECH, Gilroy, CA, January 18, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 1974
- Place: Gilroy, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 37.0064° N, 121.5853° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gilroy, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0064&lon=-121.5853&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1578S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1578S-1974-03-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech P35 (registry code 1151530, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-p35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH P35BEECH
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,100 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74AP034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740118003079A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO STEEP CANYON SLOPE AT NITE. RECOVERY DATE 1/22/74.

## 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 OAK74AP034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP034), Jan 18, 1974: Beech P35 (N1578S), Gilroy, 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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