# Accident 19760423011749A: Piper PA28180, Dauphin Island, AL, April 23, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1976
- Place: Dauphin Island, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 30.2525° N, 88.1492° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dauphin Island, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2525&lon=-88.1492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2894T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2894T-1976-06-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76AM079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760423011749A

## Narrative

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

PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.10 .

## 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 MIA76AM079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM079), Apr 23, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N2894T), Dauphin Island, AL, 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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