# Accident 19760131002069A: Piper PA22150, Nashville, IN, January 31, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1976
- Place: Nashville, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 39.2077° N, 86.2362° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nashville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2077&lon=-86.2362&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7821D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7821D-1976-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22150
- Reported engine: LYC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 73 total, 4 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FEA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEA23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760131002069A

## Narrative

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

NR 3 CYL EX VALVE HEAD SEPARATED FM VALVE.CRASH LNDD IN TREES.ENG S/N L7895-27.

## 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 CHI76FEA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEA23), Jan 31, 1976: Piper PA-22 (N7821D), Nashville, IN, 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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