# Accident 19760228003849A: Piper PA28151, Silver City, NM, February 28, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 1976
- Place: Silver City, NM
- Airport: Turner
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 32.7786° N, 108.2694° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Silver City, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7786&lon=-108.2694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1136X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1136X-1976-04-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 211 total, 16 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76FQD14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76FQD14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760228003849A

## Narrative

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

DENSITY ALTITUDE 7400FT.

## 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 DEN76FQD14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76FQD14), Feb 28, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N1136X), Silver City, NM, substantial damage

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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