# Accident 19740924032949A: Piper PA28R200, Monache Mdw, CA, September 24, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1974
- Place: Monache Mdw, CA
- Airport: Monache Meadows
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 36.2181° N, 118.1783° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONACHE MEADOWS (L80), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2181&lon=-118.1783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4503T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,216 total, 51 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX75DVA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75DVA26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740924032949A

## Narrative

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

ACFT STRUCK UNK OBJECT.

## 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 LAX75DVA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75DVA26), Sep 24, 1974: Piper PA-28R (N4503T), Monache Mdw, CA, substantial damage

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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