# Accident 19760416009419A: Piper PA24, Center Is, WA, April 16, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1976
- Place: Center Is, WA
- Airport: Center Island
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 48.4901° N, 122.8321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTER ISLAND (78WA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4901&lon=-122.8321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7899P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7899P-1996-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 480 total, 241 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76DYE36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76DYE36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760416009419A

## Narrative

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

MARGINAL ARPT WITH DANGEROUS GO ARND.

## 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 SEA76DYE36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76DYE36), Apr 16, 1976: Piper PA-24 (N7899P), Center Is, WA, destroyed

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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