# Accident 19760104000259A: Piper PA28R200, Galesburg, IL, January 4, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1976
- Place: Galesburg, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 40.9502° N, 90.3766° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galesburg, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9502&lon=-90.3766&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55649, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55649-1990-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,525 total, 10 in this make and model, 104 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FEV23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEV23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760104000259A

## Narrative

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

OIL DRAIN VALVE P/N-492172 SHOULD HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. P/N-756517(BJ1000-AH4) WAS INSTALLED.

## 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 CHI76FEV23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEV23), Jan 4, 1976: Piper PA-28R (N55649), Galesburg, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N55649 (1)

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

- [Accident 19870814045529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870814045529A), Aug 14, 1987: Piper PA28R200 (N55649), Offerman, GA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Buzzed a field at 10 feet AGL near a friend's house. A wing was severed by a tree on pullup. Impacted vertically.

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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