# Accident 19760331011472A: Piper PA28R200, Blue Mound, IL, March 31, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 1976
- Place: Blue Mound, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 39.7006° N, 89.1185° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blue Mound, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7006&lon=-89.1185&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55919, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55919) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 121 total, 22 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76AC056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760331011472A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LANDED SAFELY AT DECATUR AIRPORT.OUTBOARD SFC R WING COMPRESSED,SCRATCHED,BROWN PAINT DEPOSIT

## Other aircraft in the event

- N78979, Mooney M20C: [Accident 19760331011471A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760331011471A)

## 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 CHI76AC056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC056), Mar 31, 1976: Piper PA-28R (N55919), Blue Mound, IL, substantial damage, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N55919 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20120311002959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120311002959I), Mar 11, 2012: Piper PA-28R-200 (N55919), Marco Island, FL, Minor damage. Pilot conducting 2 touch and goes third approach was to land. Pilot stated he forgot to extend landing gear on attempt to land.
- [Accident 19930324006769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930324006769A), Mar 24, 1993: Piper PA28R200 (N55919), Walls, MS, Substantial damage. Slid on wet grass runway on landing roll. Unable to stop began belated go around. Main gear hit highway lip.

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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