# Accident 19750318015069A: Piper PA23160, Healdsburg, CA, March 18, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1975
- Place: Healdsburg, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 38.6225° N, 122.8651° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Healdsburg, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6225&lon=-122.8651&mi=10
- Aircraft: N246Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N246Z-1975-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 5,564 total, 236 in this make and model, 187 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK75AP044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75AP044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750318015069A

## Narrative

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

HIT PWR CABLE IN KNOWN MARGINAL WEA. RECOVERY DATE 3/19/75.

## 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 OAK75AP044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75AP044), Mar 18, 1975: Piper PA-23 (N246Z), Healdsburg, CA, destroyed, 5 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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