# Accident 19760309010579A: Frchld 24W40, Albany, IN, March 9, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1976
- Place: Albany, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 40.3060° N, 85.2322° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albany, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3060&lon=-85.2322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25388, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25388-1976-06-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild 24W-40 (registry code 3370608, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-24w-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FRCHLD 24W40
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 962 total, 500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76AC053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760309010579A

## Narrative

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

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE EXPIRED AUG 31,1973. NO RECORD OF CURRENT CERTIFIED MAINTENANCE.

## 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 CHI76AC053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC053), Mar 9, 1976: Fairchild 24W-40 (N25388), Albany, 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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