# Accident 19760424010009A: Piper PA39, Fairfield, TX, April 24, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 1976
- Place: Fairfield, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 31.7174° N, 96.1705° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairfield, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7174&lon=-96.1705&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8895Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8895Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-39 (registry code 7103902, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-39) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA39
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 244 total, 11 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76DPA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DPA23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760424010009A

## Narrative

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

DODGING TSTM.DOOR OPENED,MAP BLEW OUT.UNSURE OF POS.LND IN FLD,GR HIT TREE.CONT,FURTHER DMG ON LDG

## 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 FTW76DPA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DPA23), Apr 24, 1976: Piper PA-39 (N8895Y), Fairfield, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8895Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810112006519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810112006519I), Jan 12, 1981: Piper PA39 (N8895Y), Greenville, SC, Minor damage. Gear collapsed after about 1500 feet of landing roll. Gear retraction transmission broke loose from fuselage.

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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