# Accident 19760423010989A: Piper PA39, Mitchell, SD, April 23, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1976
- Place: Mitchell, SD
- Airport: Mitchell Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Location: 43.7748° N, 98.0386° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MITCHELL MUNI (MHE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7748&lon=-98.0386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8884Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8884Y-1977-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-39 (registry code 7103902, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-39) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA39
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,665 total, 397 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76FTK23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FTK23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760423010989A

## Narrative

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

IFR CIRCLING APCH

## 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 MKC76FTK23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FTK23), Apr 23, 1976: Piper PA-39 (N8884Y), Mitchell, SD, 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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