# Accident 19750331015629A: Piper PA28140, Pensacola, FL, March 31, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 1975
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 30.4410° N, 87.1912° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pensacola, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4410&lon=-87.1912&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5540F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5540F-1975-07-25) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 158 total, 87 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA75AM072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75AM072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750331015629A

## Narrative

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

PENSACOLA RADIO ADVSD PLT THAT VISUAL FLT NOT RECOMMENDED IN AREA.PLT LATER RPTD DISORIENTED.

## 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 MIA75AM072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75AM072), Mar 31, 1975: Piper PA-28 (N5540F), Pensacola, FL, destroyed, 3 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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