# Accident 19760222014412A: Piper PA32300, Moss Landing, CA, February 22, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 1976
- Place: Moss Landing, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 36.8054° N, 121.7866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Moss Landing, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8054&lon=-121.7866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4094R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4094R-1977-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 15 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76AP045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76AP045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760222014412A

## Narrative

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

ACFT NOT RECOVERED FRM OCEAN. NO WITNESSES FOUND

## Other aircraft in the event

- N737PG, Piper PA28R200: [Accident 19760222014411A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760222014411A)

## 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 OAK76AP045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76AP045), Feb 22, 1976: Piper PA-32 (N4094R), Moss Landing, CA, destroyed, 5 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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