# NTSB OAK72DVG47: Piper PA-28, N7667W, Lower Lake, CA, March 26, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 26, 1972
- Place: Lower Lake, CA · LOWER LAKE, CA
- Location: 38.9130° N, 122.6070° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lower Lake, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9130&lon=-122.6070&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 12, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 166512
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK72DVG47
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK72DVG47

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1119  72/3/26    LOWER LAKE,CALIF    PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 2030                    N7667W              PX-  0  0  3  PRACTICE                  AGE 52, 7490 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            652 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PEARCE FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LOWER LAKE,CALIF            LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           BIRD STRIKE                                              LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION
        REMARKS- 800FT AGL.AN OWL OR A HAWK OF LARGE SIZE HIT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7667W](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7667W), registered now, S/N 28-1645, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808) (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: Substantial damage
- Airport: Pearce 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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