# Accident 19751229041639A: Piper PA28140, Windom, MN, December 29, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1975
- Place: Windom, MN
- Airport: Windom Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 43.9134° N, 95.1094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINDOM MUNI (MWM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9134&lon=-95.1094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N471XT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N471XT-1976-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 930 total, 93 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76DER44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DER44) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751229041639A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DRG RETURN TO LND LOST SIGHT OF RWY ON DNWND.LOST GND REFERENCE DRG TURN TO FINAL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB MKC76DER44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DER44), Dec 29, 1975: Piper PA-28 (N471XT), Windom, MN, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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