# Accident 19760320010889A: Piper PA23, Lusk, WY, March 20, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1976
- Place: Lusk, WY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 42.7613° N, 104.4584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lusk, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7613&lon=-104.4584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3080P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3080P-1976-06-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 309 total, 20 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76AD042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760320010889A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERY DATE 3/21/76, ACFT NOT EQUIPPED WITH ANTI ICING/DE-ICING SYS. FREEZING LVL AT GRND LVL.

## 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 DEN76AD042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD042), Mar 20, 1976: Piper PA-23 (N3080P), Lusk, WY, destroyed, 4 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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