# Accident 19760416031239A: Piper PA23250, Princeton, TX, April 16, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1976
- Place: Princeton, TX
- Airport: Lavon North
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 33.1282° N, 96.5097° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Lavon North Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1282&lon=-96.5097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5424Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5424Y-1977-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,187 total, 1,101 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76AF084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760416031239A

## Narrative

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

PLT THOUGHT FLT ATTITUDE IND WAS MALFUNCTIONING FROM PRIOR FLT, DIDN'T TRUST IT ENOUGH TO USE IT.

## 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 FTW76AF084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF084), Apr 16, 1976: Piper PA-23 (N5424Y), Princeton, TX, 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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