# Accident 19760220006339A: Piper PA24250, Mena, AR, February 20, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1976
- Place: Mena, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 34.5826° N, 94.2365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mena, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5826&lon=-94.2365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6396P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6396P-1976-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76AF067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760220006339A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 FTW76AF067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF067), Feb 20, 1976: Piper PA-24 (N6396P), Mena, AR, destroyed, 1 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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