# Accident 19790603041439A: Piper PA28R200, Oceanside, CA, June 3, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1979, 16:14 local time
- Place: Oceanside, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1959° N, 117.3795° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oceanside, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1959&lon=-117.3795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4695T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4695T-2012-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,817 total, 162 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA064-202530) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790603041439A

## Narrative

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

REPORT INDICATES POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL OF ACFT ON IFR CLIMB TO CRUISE. THUNDERSTORMS IN AREA. CRASHED IN OCEAN.

## 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 LAX79FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA064-202530), Jun 3, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N4695T), Oceanside, CA, destroyed, 2 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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