# Accident 19740222005129A: Piper PA28R200, Los Angeles, CA, February 22, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 1974
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40796 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,195 total, 5 in this make and model, 142 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74FUD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUD03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740222005129A

## Narrative

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

TRUCK STRUCK ACFT. PLT OBS TRCK, UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME.

## 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 LAX74FUD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUD03), Feb 22, 1974: Piper PA-28R (N40796), Los Angeles, CA, substantial damage

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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