# Accident 19760325009729A: Piper PA24250, Grand Junction, CO, March 25, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1976
- Place: Grand Junction, CO
- Airport: Walker Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 39.0639° N, 108.5506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Junction, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0639&lon=-108.5506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9003T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9003T-1976-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 248 total, 142 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76AD044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760325009729A

## Narrative

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

RWY & APCH LTS OFF,AVAIL BY KEYING TSMTR.FREQ MIS-SET.EVIDENCE PLT HAD BEEN DRINKING BFOR TKOF.

## 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 DEN76AD044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD044), Mar 25, 1976: Piper PA-24 (N9003T), Grand Junction, CO, 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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