# Accident 19750928032689A: Piper PA24250, Blacksburg, VA, September 28, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1975
- Place: Blacksburg, VA
- Airport: V P I
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 37.2313° N, 80.4267° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blacksburg, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2313&lon=-80.4267&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7189P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7189P) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 461 total, 76 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76FID11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FID11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750928032689A

## Narrative

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

INTENDED TO TURN OFF AUX FUEL PUMP, TURNED OFF MASTER SW.

## 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 IAD76FID11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FID11), Sep 28, 1975: Piper PA-24 (N7189P), Blacksburg, VA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7189P (2)

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

- [Incident 20170923019769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170923019769I), Sep 23, 2017: Piper PA-24-250 (N7189P), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. Pilot in right seat was practicing IFR approach to okb airport, he selected gear down but did not get a green gear down light. Pilot noticed gear circuit…
- [Incident 20001006018929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001006018929I), Oct 6, 2000: Piper PA24250 (N7189P), San Diego, CA. (-23)1) During the initial interview with [privacy data omitted], it was discovered that he was out of currency. His last bfr was in September of 1998. That…

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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