# Accident 19740609018639A: Piper PA24250, Mammoth Lk, CA, June 9, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1974
- Place: Mammoth Lk, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Aircraft: N7904P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7904P-1974-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,028 total, 406 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74AP066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740609018639A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OBSVD IN L TURN WHICH STEEPENED UNTIL NOSE LOW IMPACT.PLT HAD RECENT SPINAL DISC REMOVAL.

## 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 OAK74AP066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP066), Jun 9, 1974: Piper PA-24 (N7904P), Mammoth Lk, CA, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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