# Accident 19780205001209A: Piper PA28180, Mammoth Lakes, CA, February 5, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1978
- Place: Mammoth Lakes, CA
- Airport: Mammoth Lakes
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Location: 37.6244° N, 118.9884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mammoth Lakes, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6244&lon=-118.9884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7755N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7755N-1978-03-10) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 136 total, 4 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78DXQ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DXQ11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780205001209A

## Narrative

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

USED FULL RICH MIXTURE AND CARBURETOR HEAT.

## 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 OAK78DXQ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DXQ11), Feb 5, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N7755N), Mammoth Lakes, 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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