# Accident 19760425019639A: Piper PA24260, Cincinnati, OH, April 25, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1976
- Place: Cincinnati, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 39.1035° N, 84.5153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cincinnati, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1035&lon=-84.5153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8737P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8737P-1976-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 316 total, 25 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76AC057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760425019639A

## Narrative

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

ACFT STALLED BEFORE IMPACT AFTER IT HAD EXPERIENCED INFLIGHT STRUCTURAL FAILURE OF L WING.

## 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 CHI76AC057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC057), Apr 25, 1976: Piper PA-24 (N8737P), Cincinnati, OH, 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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