# Accident 19760106003299A: Piper PA23250, Grants, NM, January 6, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1976
- Place: Grants, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 35.1542° N, 107.8323° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grants, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1542&lon=-107.8323&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5258Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5258Y-1976-04-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 10,400 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 314 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76AD028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760106003299A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERY DATE 1/7/76.SNOWSHOWERS IN AREA.LOW GROUND VISIBILITY CONDITIONS AT TIME OF ACCDT.

## 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 DEN76AD028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD028), Jan 6, 1976: Piper PA-23 (N5258Y), Grants, NM, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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