# Accident 19760115004011A: Piper PA28140, Melbourne, FL, January 15, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1976
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Valkaria
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 27.9609° N, 80.5583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VALKARIA (X59), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9609&lon=-80.5583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55817, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55817-2013-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 99 total, 96 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76AM057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760115004011A

## Narrative

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

BOTH ACFT PRACTICING ACCURACY LNDGS ON SAME RWY.PLT DIDNT MONITOR UNICOM OTR PLT ADVSD BASE LEG.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N43466, Piper PA28140: [Accident 19760115004012A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760115004012A)

## 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 MIA76AM057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM057), Jan 15, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N55817), Melbourne, FL, minor damage

## Other reports on N55817 (1)

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

- [Accident 19800611018719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800611018719A), Jun 11, 1980: Piper PA28140 (N55817), Antrim, NH, Substantial damage. Student bounced airplane on hard landing. Lost control of airplane. Skidded off runway sideways.

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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