# NTSB LAX79FA022: Piper PA-24, N5734P, Springerville, AZ, December 20, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 20, 1978
- Place: Springerville, AZ · SPRINGERVILLE, AZ
- Location: 34.1718° N, 109.3068° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springerville, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1718&lon=-109.3068&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 18, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 138057
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX79FA022
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA022

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4308  78/12/20 NR.SPRINGERVILLE,AZ   PIPER PA-24         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 24, 455
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N5734P              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SCOTTSDALE,AZ               AMARILLO,TX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 6/30/79.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5734P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5734P-2014-10-30), registration cancelled 2014-10-30, S/N 24-809, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (registry code 7102402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (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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