# Accident 19760410013339A: Piper PA24260, Decorah, IA, April 10, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1976
- Place: Decorah, IA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 43.3016° N, 91.7848° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Decorah, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3016&lon=-91.7848&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8749P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8749P-1976-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 694 total, 257 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76AK053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76AK053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760410013339A

## Narrative

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

GENERAL DISINTEGRATION.

## 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 MKC76AK053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76AK053), Apr 10, 1976: Piper PA-24 (N8749P), Decorah, IA, destroyed, 3 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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