# Accident 19740903030359A: Piper PA24250, Coalinga, CA, September 3, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1974
- Place: Coalinga, CA
- Airport: Coalinga
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 36.1402° N, 120.3520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coalinga, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1402&lon=-120.3520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7506P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7506P-2013-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK75DVA17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75DVA17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740903030359A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 OAK75DVA17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75DVA17), Sep 3, 1974: Piper PA-24 (N7506P), Coalinga, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7506P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19770226003899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770226003899A), Feb 26, 1977: Piper PA24250 (N7506P), Hawthorne, NV, Substantial damage. Number 3 connecting rod failed over airort at approx 2700FT.

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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