# Accident 19750423022089A: Piper PA22150, Huntington Bch, CA, April 23, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1975
- Place: Huntington Bch, CA
- Airport: Meadowlark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 33.6980° N, 118.0038° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntington Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6980&lon=-118.0038&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3869P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3869P-1975-09-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 25 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX75FUA27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75FUA27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750423022089A

## Narrative

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

HOLE IN MUFFLER.ENG CAUGHT FIRE,SPREAD TO COCKPIT.PLT JUMPED CLR BFOR IMPACT.

## 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 LAX75FUA27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75FUA27), Apr 23, 1975: Piper PA-22 (N3869P), Huntington Bch, CA, destroyed

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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