# Accident 19750226010379A: Piper PA28180, Clinton, IA, February 26, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 1975
- Place: Clinton, IA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 41.8445° N, 90.1887° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clinton, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8445&lon=-90.1887&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5389L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5389L-1975-06-13) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,300 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC75AK045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75AK045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750226010379A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OBSVD IN HIGH SPEED DIVE.IMPACT IN STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.

## 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 MKC75AK045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75AK045), Feb 26, 1975: Piper PA-28 (N5389L), Clinton, IA, 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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