# Accident 19750117000969A: Piper PA28140, Eureka, CA, January 17, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1975
- Place: Eureka, CA
- Airport: Murray
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 40.8034° N, 124.1128° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MURRAY FLD (EKA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8034&lon=-124.1128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6973W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6973W-1975-03-10) (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: 51 total, 15 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK75AP031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75AP031-201474) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750117000969A

## Narrative

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

STEEP TURN FROM CLOSE IN DOWNWIND LEG.PLT HAD 1 HR DUAL IN TYPE ACFT.

## 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 OAK75AP031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75AP031-201474), Jan 17, 1975: Piper PA-28 (N6973W), Eureka, CA, destroyed, 1 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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