# Accident 19760216013919A: Piper PA22160, Lebanon, IN, February 16, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1976
- Place: Lebanon, IN
- Airport: Boone County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 40.0073° N, 86.4406° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOONE COUNTY (6I4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0073&lon=-86.4406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3501Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3501Z-2012-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 111 total, 33 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76AC049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760216013919A

## Narrative

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

RETURN TO ARPT AFTER ABORTING FLT WIND GUSTING 35K.ACFT OBSVD TO RISE & FALL AND BUFFETED SEVERELY

## 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 CHI76AC049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC049), Feb 16, 1976: Piper PA-22 (N3501Z), Lebanon, IN, destroyed, 3 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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