# Accident 19750513013439A: Piper PA28140, Berlin, PA, May 13, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 1975
- Place: Berlin, PA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 39.9215° N, 78.9508° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Berlin, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9215&lon=-78.9508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N629FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N629FL-1975-07-16) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75AN107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750513013439A

## Narrative

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

NO RECORD OF PILOT WX BRIEFING.ATMTD FLT AT ALT TOO LOW TO CLR OBSTRUCTING TERRAIN.

## 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 NYC75AN107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN107), May 13, 1975: Piper PA-28 (N629FL), Berlin, PA, destroyed, 1 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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