# Accident 19740228004449A: Piper PA24, Concord, CA, February 28, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 1974
- Place: Concord, CA
- Airport: Buchanan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 37.9897° N, 122.0569° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCHANAN FLD (CCR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9897&lon=-122.0569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6023P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 276 total, 110 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74FVD25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVD25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740228004449A

## Narrative

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

NO GR MALFUNCTION FOUND.

## 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 OAK74FVD25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVD25), Feb 28, 1974: Piper PA-24 (N6023P), Concord, 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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