# Accident 19760426012039A: Piper PA28180, Simla, CO, April 26, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1976
- Place: Simla, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 39.1408° N, 104.0825° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Simla, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1408&lon=-104.0825&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1573X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1573X-1976-06-28) (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: 270 total, 8 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76AD049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760426012039A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERY DATE 4/27/76.

## 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 DEN76AD049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD049), Apr 26, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N1573X), Simla, CO, 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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