# Accident 19740528014089A: Cessna 140, Borrego Spg, CA, May 28, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1974
- Place: Borrego Spg, CA
- Airport: Borrego Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 33.2590° N, 116.3210° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BORREGO VALLEY (L08), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2590&lon=-116.3210&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4016N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4016N-1975-06-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 129 total, 122 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74DUM35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74DUM35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740528014089A

## Narrative

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

HIT POLE SHORT OF RWY.OBSTRUCTION NOT SEEN DUE T0 DARKNESS.GUSTS TO 20K.

## 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 LAX74DUM35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74DUM35), May 28, 1974: Cessna 140 (N4016N), Borrego Spg, CA, destroyed

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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