# Accident 19751214042719A: Piper PA28R180, Erie, PA, December 14, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1975
- Place: Erie, PA
- Airport: Erie
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 42.0442° N, 79.8539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Erie County Airport (3G1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0442&lon=-79.8539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N393HP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N393HP-1976-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,258 total, 21 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76AN055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76AN055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751214042719A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OBSVD IN STEEP CLB AFTR WHAT APPEARED AS A LOW PASS.ACFT THEN PITCHED OVR INTO STEEP DIVE.

## 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 NYC76AN055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76AN055), Dec 14, 1975: Piper PA-28R (N393HP), Erie, PA, 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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