# Accident 19760120004739A: Piper PA28R200, Banner Elk, NC, January 20, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1976
- Place: Banner Elk, NC
- Airport: Beech Mountain
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 36.1590° N, 81.8678° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Banner Elk, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1590&lon=-81.8678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33314, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33314-1976-04-20) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 168 total, 8 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76FKM25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FKM25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760120004739A

## Narrative

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

PLT AND PAX ESTIMATE CLOUDS-SCT TO BKN 500FT, 12000FT OVERCAST.

## 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 IAD76FKM25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FKM25), Jan 20, 1976: Piper PA-28R (N33314), Banner Elk, NC, 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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