# Accident 19740919036789A: Piper PA32300, Riverside, CA, September 19, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1974
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Airport: Riverside Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 33.9519° N, 117.4451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIVERSIDE (RAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9519&lon=-117.4451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15528, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15528-1974-12-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 916 total, 19 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX75AL014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75AL014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740919036789A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CONSUMED BY FIRE.2 CABLES HIT.PLT DSCND BLO MDA ON 3RD VOR APCH.

## 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 LAX75AL014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75AL014), Sep 19, 1974: Piper PA-32 (N15528), Riverside, CA, destroyed, 5 fatal

## Other reports on N15528 (1)

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

- [Accident 19730112002609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730112002609A), Jan 12, 1973: Piper PA32300 (N15528), Essex, CA, Substantial damage. Lnd on freeway under construction. L gr hit boulder in gravel ridge.

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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