# Accident 19760503011169A: Piper PA28180, Big Island, VA, May 3, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1976
- Place: Big Island, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 37.5322° N, 79.3628° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Island, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5322&lon=-79.3628&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4503X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4503X-1976-06-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 93 total, 11 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76AI070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760503011169A

## Narrative

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

HIGH WINDS OVR MTNS.TOURIST OBSERVED ACFT CIRCLING AT ALT BELOW OBSERVATION POINT.

## 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 IAD76AI070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI070), May 3, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N4503X), Big Island, VA, 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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