# NTSB OAK73FVD10: Wiebens Camper, N135PW, Sonoma, CA, August 12, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 12, 1972
- Place: Sonoma, CA · SONOMA, CA
- Location: 38.2903° N, 122.4598° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sonoma, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2903&lon=-122.4598&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 25, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 167771
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK73FVD10
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73FVD10

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0245  72/8/12    SONOMA,CALIF        WIEBENS CAMPER      CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 51, 275
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N135PW              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 145 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SONOMA VALLEY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SONOMA,CALIF                LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: OTHER
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 8/13/72. L WG FAILED FOR UNDETERMINED REASON.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N135PW](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N135PW-1973-06-05), registration cancelled 1973-06-05, S/N PW-1 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WIEBENS CAMPER
- Registry model: [Wiebens AIRCAMPER](https://openairdocs.org/model/wiebens-aircamper) (registry code 704015W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Sonoma 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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