# Accident 19790824028979A: Boeing PT17, Fair Oaks, CA, August 24, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1979, 12:11 local time
- Place: Fair Oaks, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6501° N, 121.2513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fair Oaks, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6501&lon=-121.2513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48784, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48784) (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 PT17
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,408 total, 350 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FVG71](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FVG71) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790824028979A

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLYING AT LOW ALTITUDE OVER WATER. STRUCK WIRES AND CRASHED INTO WATER.

## 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 LAX79FVG71](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FVG71), Aug 24, 1979: Stearman A75N1 (N48784), Fair Oaks, CA, destroyed, 1 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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