# Accident 19750509010659A: Piper PA24250, Porterville, CA, May 9, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1975
- Place: Porterville, CA
- Airport: Porterville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 36.0296° N, 119.0627° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTERVILLE MUNI (PTV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0296&lon=-119.0627&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6370P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6370P-2013-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,348 total, 1,504 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK75FVA60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75FVA60) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750509010659A

## Narrative

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

L GR DOOR HINGE FAILED

## 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 OAK75FVA60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75FVA60), May 9, 1975: Piper PA-24 (N6370P), Porterville, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6370P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20070701010939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070701010939A), Jul 1, 2007: Piper PA24250 (N6370P), Boulder City, NV, Destroyed. (-23) Event: at approximately 10:20 am PDT concluding a flight from kingman, AZ, the accident aircraft (PA-24-250, N6370P) arrived on the right downwind for…

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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