# Accident 19740728036969A: Piper PA28140, Rnch Brnrdo, CA, July 28, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1974
- Place: Rnch Brnrdo, CA
- Airport: Unnamed
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 33.0187° N, 117.0609° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rancho Bernardo, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0187&lon=-117.0609&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7091R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7091R-1975-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX75AL005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75AL005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740728036969A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO GRND IN POOR WEA ON DARK NITE. STRIP NEAR PLTS HOME.

## 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 LAX75AL005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75AL005), Jul 28, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N7091R), Rnch Brnrdo, CA, substantial damage, 2 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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