# Accident 19741218041999A: Piper PA28140, Van Nuys, CA, December 18, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1974
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9520W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9520W-1975-02-14) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,897 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX75FUQ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75FUQ19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741218041999A

## Narrative

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

C-130 DEPARTED FM PARALLEL RWY ABT 1 MIN PRIOR.SUBSTL DMG TO PARKED L-188,N7135C.DMGD BLAST FENCE.

## 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 LAX75FUQ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75FUQ19), Dec 18, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N9520W), Van Nuys, CA, destroyed

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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