# Accident 19751116041779A: Piper PA28235, San Diego, CA, November 16, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 1975
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15455, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15455-1976-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76AL035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751116041779A

## Narrative

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

HIT MTN ABT 6MI FRM ARPT AFTER SECOND ATTEMPT TO LOCATE ARPT.

## 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 LAX76AL035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL035), Nov 16, 1975: Piper PA-28 (N15455), San Diego, 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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