# Accident 19750726024129A: Beech A36, Apple Valley, CA, July 26, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1975
- Place: Apple Valley, CA
- Airport: Apple Valley
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 34.5753° N, 117.1862° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at APPLE VALLEY (APV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5753&lon=-117.1862&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3074W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 640 total, 125 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76AL005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750726024129A

## Narrative

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

LOST CTL IN LOW ALT STEEP TURN. EVIDENCE PLT HAD BEEN DRINKING BFOR FLT.

## 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 LAX76AL005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL005), Jul 26, 1975: Beech A36 (N3074W), Apple Valley, CA, 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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