# Accident 19760303006429A: Piper PA32300, Lihue, HI, March 3, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1976
- Place: Lihue, HI
- Airport: Lihue
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 21.9760° N, 159.3390° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIHUE (LIH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.9760&lon=-159.3390&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8934N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8934N-2017-02-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,317 total, 732 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76FJA14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76FJA14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760303006429A

## Narrative

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

ACFT T/D 3 TIMES,NOSE GR FAILED.NO MALF FND.

## 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 OAK76FJA14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76FJA14), Mar 3, 1976: Piper PA-32 (N8934N), Lihue, HI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8934N (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20100110026079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100110026079A), Jan 10, 2010: Piper PA-32-300 (N8934N), Honolulu, HI, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On January 10, 2010, at approximately 13:00 HST, N8934N departed lanai city enroute to the Honolulu International Airport. ATC recording revealed that the…

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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