# Accident 19751026037769A: Piper PA24250, Santa Rita, CA, October 26, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1975
- Place: Santa Rita, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 36.7238° N, 121.6561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Rita, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7238&lon=-121.6561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8162P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8162P-1976-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,164 total, 612 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76AP022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76AP022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751026037769A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 OAK76AP022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76AP022), Oct 26, 1975: Piper PA-24 (N8162P), Santa Rita, CA, destroyed, 2 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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