# Accident 19780724020749A: Boeing N2S3, Lower Lake, CA, July 24, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1978
- Place: Lower Lake, CA
- Airport: Pierce Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 38.9130° N, 122.6070° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lower Lake, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9130&lon=-122.6070&mi=10
- Aircraft: N707R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N707R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (registry code 1380134, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental R670-SERIES series (registry code 17016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-r670-series-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING N2S3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 290 total, 45 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78DVG66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVG66) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780724020749A

## Narrative

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

CARB HEAT LEFT ON DURING INITIAL CLIMB.

## 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 OAK78DVG66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVG66), Jul 24, 1978: Boeing A75 (N707R), Lower Lake, CA, substantial damage

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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