# Accident 19751222042459A: Piper PA28180, Banning, CA, December 22, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1975
- Place: Banning, CA
- Airport: Banning Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 33.9226° N, 116.8510° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BANNING MUNI (BNG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9226&lon=-116.8510&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7997N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7997N-1976-04-06) (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: 1,216 total, 300 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76AL041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751222042459A

## Narrative

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

IMPACTED 1/2 MI SHORT OF RWY. DARK NITE.

## 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 LAX76AL041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL041), Dec 22, 1975: Piper PA-28 (N7997N), Banning, CA, destroyed, 3 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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