# Accident 19750406016739A: Piper J3C65, Ellensburg, WA, April 6, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1975
- Place: Ellensburg, WA
- Airport: Bowers Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 47.0348° N, 120.5289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWERS FLD (ELN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0348&lon=-120.5289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48312, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48312-1975-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 213 total, 83 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA75AS038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75AS038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750406016739A

## Narrative

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

RIDGE SAILPLANING.

## 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 SEA75AS038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75AS038), Apr 6, 1975: Piper J-3C (N48312), Ellensburg, WA, destroyed, 2 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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