# Accident 19740412008549A: Piper PA28235, Fallbrook, CA, April 12, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1974
- Place: Fallbrook, CA
- Airport: Fallbrook
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 33.3747° N, 117.2183° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fallbrook, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3747&lon=-117.2183&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9459W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9459W-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,345 total, 175 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74DUM24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74DUM24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740412008549A

## Narrative

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

LOST PWR AT LOW ALT.

## 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 LAX74DUM24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74DUM24), Apr 12, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N9459W), Fallbrook, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9459W (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19821113060879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821113060879A), Nov 13, 1982: Piper PA28235 (N9459W), Vernonia, OR, Destroyed. Pilot attmepted delay go-around. Aircraft hit fence and crashed in stumped field.

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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