# Accident 19760214006299A: Piper PA28235, Fillmore, CA, February 14, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1976
- Place: Fillmore, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 34.3990° N, 118.9175° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fillmore, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3990&lon=-118.9175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16330, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16330-2013-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 340 total, 1 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76AL054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760214006299A

## Narrative

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

ACFT IN CLOUD LAYER. LOST COMM RCVR,CONT ON LAST APC VECTOR. PLTS HAD APCH PLATES FOR DEST.

## 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 LAX76AL054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL054), Feb 14, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N16330), Fillmore, 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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