# NTSB LAX73AL011: Piper PA-22, N9731D, Jamul, CA, September 9, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 9, 1972
- Place: Jamul, CA · JAMUL, CA
- Location: 32.7184° N, 116.8709° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamul, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7184&lon=-116.8709&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 15, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 167688
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX73AL011
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73AL011

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1135   72/9/9  NR.JAMUL,CALIF        PIPER PA-22         CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 800
        TIME - 1251                    N9731D              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          IMPERIAL,CALIF              SANTEE,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - RAIN
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OBSCURATION                                               0
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          ZERO                                                     DRIZZLE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          FOG                                                      IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- FSS WEA TOLD PLT VFR FLT ENROUTE AND DEST NOT POSSIBLE. FLEW INTO STEEP OBSCURED CANYON SLOPE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9731D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9731D-1973-06-27), registration cancelled 1973-06-27, S/N 22-6643, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (registry code 7102210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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.

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