# Accident 19750108005309A: Piper PA28180, Watervliet, MI, January 8, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1975
- Place: Watervliet, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 42.1876° N, 86.2586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Watervliet, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1876&lon=-86.2586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9762J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9762J-1975-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 100 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75AC050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750108005309A

## Narrative

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

PLT TRANS OUT OF CTL.WX IN ACDT AREA DESCRIBED AS NEAR ZERO-ZERO COND.

## 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 CHI75AC050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC050), Jan 8, 1975: Piper PA-28 (N9762J), Watervliet, MI, destroyed, 4 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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