# Accident 19760430018079A: Piper PA28140, Cottondale, FL, April 30, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1976
- Place: Cottondale, FL
- Airport: Cottendale
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 30.7897° N, 85.3660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cottondale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7897&lon=-85.3660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4644R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4644R-2001-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 320 total, 314 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76DLA44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DLA44) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760430018079A

## Narrative

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

SVR WX WARN IN EFFECT.

## 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 MIA76DLA44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DLA44), Apr 30, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N4644R), Cottondale, FL, substantial damage

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.