# Accident 19740717023609A: Boeing B75N1, Bakersfield, CA, July 17, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1974
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 35.3733° N, 119.0187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bakersfield, CA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3733&lon=-119.0187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68240 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B75N1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 977 total, 55 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX75FVA00](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75FVA00) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740717023609A

## Narrative

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

HIT WIRES.

## 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 LAX75FVA00](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75FVA00), Jul 17, 1974: Boeing B75N1 (N68240), Bakersfield, CA, destroyed, 1 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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