# Accident 19760709020119A: Piper PA28140, Big Bear City, CA, July 9, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1976
- Place: Big Bear City, CA
- Airport: Apple Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 34.5753° N, 117.1862° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at APPLE VALLEY (APV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5753&lon=-117.1862&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54402, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54402-2015-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,560 total, 100 in this make and model, 205 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76FUG67](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76FUG67) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760709020119A

## Narrative

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

UPPER SCISSORS GR STRUT LUGS FAILED ON LDG AT ENROUTE STOP. MADE GO ARND & RET TO HOME BASE.

## 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 LAX76FUG67](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76FUG67), Jul 9, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N54402), Big Bear City, CA, substantial damage

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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