# Accident 19760731025289A: Piper PA28180, Banning, CA, July 31, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1976
- Place: Banning, CA
- Airport: Banning Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 33.9226° N, 116.8510° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BANNING MUNI (BNG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9226&lon=-116.8510&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5229L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5229L-1976-09-27) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 165 total, 100 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76FL091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76FL091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760731025289A

## Narrative

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

HIT POLE CRASHED THRU SERVICE STATION GAS ISLAND ROOF.

## 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 LAX76FL091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76FL091), Jul 31, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N5229L), Banning, CA, destroyed, 4 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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