# Accident 19750804026449A: Piper PA28180, Petaluma, CA, August 4, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1975
- Place: Petaluma, CA
- Airport: Sky Ranch
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 38.2420° N, 122.6286° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Petaluma, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2420&lon=-122.6286&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55745, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55745-1976-05-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 97 total, 1 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76AP005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76AP005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750804026449A

## Narrative

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

PLT ATTMPTD APCH IN GRND FOG WITH LDG LTS ON.

## 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 OAK76AP005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76AP005), Aug 4, 1975: Piper PA-28 (N55745), Petaluma, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N55745 (1)

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

- [Accident 19730916031969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730916031969A), Sep 16, 1973: Piper PA28180 (N55745), Chico, CA, Substantial damage. Rising terrain. Hit trees atmtng turn-arnd. Returned to arpt. Density alt 8762FT.

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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