# Accident 19770405011329A: Piper PA28140, Auberry, CA, April 5, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1977
- Place: Auberry, CA
- Airport: Auberry
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 37.0803° N, 119.4898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Auberry Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0803&lon=-119.4898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15638, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15638-1977-08-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 64 total, 37 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK77FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77FA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770405011329A

## 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 OAK77FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77FA028), Apr 5, 1977: Piper PA28 (N15638), Auberry, CA, destroyed, 1 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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