# Accident 19760220002499A: Piper PA28R180, Ensenada, February 20, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1976
- Place: Ensenada
- Airport: Meling Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Aircraft: N7449J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7449J-2013-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 20 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX7600016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX7600016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760220002499A

## Narrative

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

INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.

## 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 LAX7600016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX7600016), Feb 20, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N7449J), Ensenada, Mexico, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7449J (3)

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

- [Incident 19830908065469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830908065469I), Sep 8, 1983: Piper PA28R180 (N7449J), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. Made a long final powered approach due to other traffic, then landed gear up. Tower warning was too late.
- [Accident 19830622060289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830622060289A), Jun 22, 1983: Piper PA28R180 (N7449J), Tracy, CA, Substantial damage. No nose gear down light. Made hard one wheel landing while preoccupied with gear light. Went around. Landed normal.
- [Incident 19791213047289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791213047289I), Dec 13, 1979: Piper PA28R180 (N7449J), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. Pilot landed with left main gear jammed in up position. Improper oversize bolt on gear door caught lip of wheelwell

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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