# NTSB LAX74DUG08: Piper PA-28, N8692C, Joshua Tree, CA, July 8, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 8, 1973
- Place: Joshua Tree, CA · JOSHUA TREE, CA
- Location: 34.1347° N, 116.3131° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Joshua Tree, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1347&lon=-116.3131&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 189010
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX74DUG08
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74DUG08

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2761   73/7/8    JOSHUA TREE,CALIF   PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 34, 44 TOTAL
        TIME - 1300                    N8692C              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HI DESERT AIRPORT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PALM SPRING,CALIF           YUCCA VALLEY,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED AT WRONG AIRPORT
        REMARKS- RWY 800FT SHORTER THAN INTENDED AIRPORT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8692C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8692C-1974-04-24), registration cancelled 1974-04-24, S/N 22-1333 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-135](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (registry code 7102206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Hi Desert Airport

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19730708027339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730708027339A), Jul 8, 1973: Piper PA22135, Joshua Tree, CA, Substantial damage. Rwy 800FT shorter than intended airport.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.