# Accident 19761217038509A: Piper J5A, Brawley, CA, December 17, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1976
- Place: Brawley, CA
- Airport: Brawley Municipal.
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 32.9929° N, 115.5173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRAWLEY MUNI (BWC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9929&lon=-115.5173&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41SB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41SB-1977-02-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J5A (registry code 7100702, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J5A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77FUM10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FUM10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761217038509A

## 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 LAX77FUM10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FUM10), Dec 17, 1976: Piper J5A (N41SB), Brawley, 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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