# Accident 19750118002341A: Piper PA28180, Fremont, CA, January 18, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 1975
- Place: Fremont, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 37.5483° N, 121.9886° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fremont, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5483&lon=-121.9886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16538, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16538-1975-03-27) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 488 total, 173 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK75AP032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75AP032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750118002341A

## Narrative

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

PA-28 CRASHED IN SCHOOL YARD. GLIDER UNDER TOW BY PA-18 AT IMPACT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N1243S, Scwzer SGS232: [Accident 19750118002342A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750118002342A)

## 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 OAK75AP032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75AP032), Jan 18, 1975: Piper PA-28 (N16538), Fremont, CA, 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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