# Accident 19760508020259A: Piper 600SMITH, Morganfield, KY, May 8, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1976
- Place: Morganfield, KY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 37.6889° N, 87.8814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morganfield, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6889&lon=-87.8814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7549S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7549S-1976-08-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 8360602, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER 600SMITH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76AI072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760508020259A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 IAD76AI072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI072), May 8, 1976: Aerostar 600 (N7549S), Morganfield, KY, destroyed, 2 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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