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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Wrightwood, CA · July 25, 1974

Date
July 25, 1974
Place
Wrightwood, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1538J
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX75FUG03
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
81 total34 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flying psgrs. Un outclimb terrain. Crashed in mountainous terrain at 7000FT MSL.

As the FAA filed it

FLYING PSGRS.UN OUTCLIMB TERRAIN.CRASHED IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AT 7000FT MSL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.