# Accident 19760330007279A: Piper PA22160, Sperryville, VA, March 30, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1976
- Place: Sperryville, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 38.6555° N, 78.2361° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sperryville, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6555&lon=-78.2361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9734D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9734D-1976-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 586 total, 2 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76AI063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760330007279A

## Narrative

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

PLT INTENDED FLY ALONG HWY TO DEST.ACFT FOUND ABT 1 MI WEST OF HAIRPIN TURN.DSCNDD L WING DOWN.

## 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 IAD76AI063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI063), Mar 30, 1976: Piper PA-22 (N9734D), Sperryville, VA, 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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