# NTSB OAK70D0146: Piper PA-28, N7121W, Carml Vally, CA, September 10, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 10, 1969
- Place: Carml Vally, CA · CARML VALLY, CA
- Location: 36.4797° N, 121.7324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carmel Valley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4797&lon=-121.7324&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 7, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 156738
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK70D0146
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK70D0146

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3956  69/9/10    CARML VALLY,CALIF   PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 46, 776
        TIME - 1915                    N7121W              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 68 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CARMEL VALLEY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CARML VALLY,CALIF           PALO ALTO,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON                       STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER
        REMARKS- PLT ASKED FRIEND TO KICK CHOCK FROM L GR.NITE DARK,FRIEND UNFAMILIAR W/ACFT,WALKED INTO PROP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7121W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: Carmel Valley

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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