# Accident 19760320005029A: Piper PA28180, Ballinger, TX, March 20, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1976
- Place: Ballinger, TX
- Airport: Bruce
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 31.6745° N, 99.9770° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRUCE FLD (E30), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6745&lon=-99.9770&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1296T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1296T-1976-04-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 242 total, 242 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76AF074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760320005029A

## Narrative

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

HIT WIRES 30FT AGL.HIT REAR OF CAR DRG GRND SLIDE. PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 0.312 .

## 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 FTW76AF074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF074), Mar 20, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N1296T), Ballinger, TX, destroyed, 1 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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