# Accident 19780906045539A: Piper PA24, Mariposa, CA, September 6, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1978, 17:30 local time
- Place: Mariposa, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4912° N, 119.9732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mariposa, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4912&lon=-119.9732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6576P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6576P-1981-10-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,269 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780906045539A

## Narrative

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

INFLIGHT BREAKUP OF AIRPLANE. VFR FLIGHT NOT RECOMMENDED FOR LOW CEILINGS. THUNDERSTORMS AND ICING IN AREA.

## 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 OAK78FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FA050), Sep 6, 1978: Piper PA-24 (N6576P), Mariposa, CA, destroyed, 3 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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