# Accident 19760311033519A: Piper PA24400, Alva, OK, March 11, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1976
- Place: Alva, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 36.7896° N, 98.6649° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alva, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7896&lon=-98.6649&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16MD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16MD-1976-12-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76AF069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760311033519A

## Narrative

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

PLT ENCOUNTERED KNOWN INTENSE WEA ENROUTE-STATED HAD MISHAP,CRASHED ATTMPTNG TO FIND NEAREST ARPT

## 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 FTW76AF069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF069), Mar 11, 1976: Piper PA-24 (N16MD), Alva, OK, destroyed, 2 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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