# Accident 19770124007529A: Piper PA28235, Kelseyville, CA, January 24, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1977
- Place: Kelseyville, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 38.9694° N, 122.8311° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kelseyville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9694&lon=-122.8311&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43032, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43032-1977-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 47 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK77FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77FA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770124007529A

## Narrative

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

FUEL SELECTOR FOUND IN OFF POSITION.

## 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 OAK77FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77FA014), Jan 24, 1977: Piper PA-28 (N43032), Kelseyville, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N43032 (1)

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

- [Accident 19750621015579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750621015579A), Jun 21, 1975: Piper PA28235 (N43032), Columbia, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot was unable to steer acft because of severe nose wheel shimmy. Lndd halfway dwn rwy.

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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