# Accident 19760308006449A: Piper PA28180, French Gulch, CA, March 8, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1976
- Place: French Gulch, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 40.7188° N, 122.6294° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of French Gulch, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7188&lon=-122.6294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3635R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3635R-1976-05-11) (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
- Reported engine: LYC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24,594 total, 476 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76FVG50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76FVG50) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760308006449A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 OAK76FVG50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76FVG50), Mar 8, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N3635R), French Gulch, CA, destroyed

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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