# Accident 19760107000609A: Piper PA24260, Santee, CA, January 7, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 1976
- Place: Santee, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9384P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9384P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,031 total, 931 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76FUM17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76FUM17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760107000609A

## Narrative

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

FORCED LDG IN RIVER BOTTOM. DOWEL PIN SHEARED.

## 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 LAX76FUM17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76FUM17), Jan 7, 1976: Piper PA-24 (N9384P), Santee, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9384P (1)

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

- [Incident 19780405008089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780405008089I), Apr 5, 1978: Piper PA24260 (N9384P), Minor damage. Unable to fully extend gear fully before landing. Cause undetermined.

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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