# Accident 19760103001169A: Piper PA28151, Elizabethtown, KY, January 3, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1976
- Place: Elizabethtown, KY
- Airport: Ben Floyd Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 37.6987° N, 85.8767° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elizabethtown, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6987&lon=-85.8767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32288, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32288) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,650 total, 150 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76FLQ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FLQ12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760103001169A

## Narrative

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

BLACK SOOTY DEPOSITS ON PLUGS FM NR 1,2 AND 4 CYL.HIT PICK UP TRUCK ON HWY DMGD L SIDE & CAMP TOP.

## 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 IAD76FLQ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FLQ12), Jan 3, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N32288), Elizabethtown, KY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N32288 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19801006072969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801006072969I), Oct 6, 1980: Piper PA28* (N32288), Flushing, NY. Aircraft entered tca without prior authorization from ATC.

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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