# Accident 19760109000179A: Piper PA28180, Mineral Wells, TX, January 9, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1976
- Place: Mineral Wells, TX
- Airport: Mineral Wells
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 32.7816° N, 98.0602° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINERAL WELLS RGNL (MWL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7816&lon=-98.0602&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4539T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4539T-1981-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 460 total, 80 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76DPD24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DPD24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760109000179A

## Narrative

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

VASI WAS AVAIL.

## 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 FTW76DPD24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DPD24), Jan 9, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N4539T), Mineral Wells, TX, destroyed

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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