# Accident 19780521011669A: Piper PA32300, Big Bear City, CA, May 21, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1978
- Place: Big Bear City, CA
- Airport: Big Bear City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 34.2638° N, 116.8560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIG BEAR CITY (L35), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2638&lon=-116.8560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15420, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15420-1988-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 272 total, 36 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FUG32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUG32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780521011669A

## Narrative

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

DENS ALT 9300FT.

## 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 LAX78FUG32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUG32), May 21, 1978: Piper PA-32 (N15420), Big Bear City, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N15420 (2)

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

- [Accident 19850427019929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850427019929A), Apr 27, 1985: Piper PA32300 (N15420), Oroville, CA, Substantial damage. Bounced several times on landing. Other pilot took over for go around. Seat was back, aborted and ran into fence.
- [Incident 19810928070559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810928070559I), Sep 28, 1981: Piper PA32300 (N15420), Morgan Hill, CA, Minor damage. Pilot climbed aircraft to 4500, engine quit landed ok. Found tank selector on auxillary tank instead of on main. .

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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