# Accident 19740520013889A: Piper PA24400, Santee, CA, May 20, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1974
- Place: Santee, CA
- Airport: Gillespie
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8059P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8059P-1974-07-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74FUM33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUM33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740520013889A

## Narrative

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

TEST FLT AFTER HEAVY MAINT. TRIED TO LND ON ST.

## 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 LAX74FUM33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUM33), May 20, 1974: Piper PA-24 (N8059P), Santee, 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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