# NTSB OAK74FVG14: Piper PA-28, N16431, Dunsmuir, CA, September 23, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: September 23, 1973
- Place: Dunsmuir, CA · DUNSMUIR, CA
- Location: 41.2305° N, 122.2692° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dunsmuir, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2305&lon=-122.2692&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report November 2, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 188578
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK74FVG14
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVG14

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2830  73/9/23    DUNSMUIR,CALIF      PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 50, 100
        TIME - 1950                    N16431              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          EUGENE,OREG                 DUNSMUIR,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
           WEATHER - RAIN
           WEATHER - FOG
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED                                  3000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          3 MILES OR LESS                                          RAIN
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       47
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          110                                                       4
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      VFR
        REMARKS- SETTLED INTO BRUSH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N16431](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16431-1973-11-15), registration cancelled 1973-11-15, S/N 28-7305253 (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)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19730923031149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730923031149A), Sep 23, 1973: Piper PA28R200, Dunsmuir, CA, Destroyed. Settled into brush.

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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