# NTSB LAX76AL083: Piper PA-24, N6009P, Chula Vista, CA, May 26, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 26, 1976
- Place: Chula Vista, CA · CHULA VISTA, CA
- Location: 32.6400° N, 117.0842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chula Vista, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6400&lon=-117.0842&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 30, 1976
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 154310
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX76AL083
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL083

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1840  76/5/26  NR.CHULA VISTA,CA     PIPER PA-24         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 19, 150
        TIME - 2350                    N6009P              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 33 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BROWN FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
         CHULA VISTA,CA               MCALLEN,TX                   EL PASO,TX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
           TERRAIN - OTHER
        REMARKS- PILOT FLEW INTO GROUND IN DESCENDING RIGHT TURN. SPARSELY LTD TERRAIN IN AREA.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6009P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6009P-1976-09-21), registration cancelled 1976-09-21, S/N 24-1103 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Brown Field

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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